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If I remember correctly it was screened on a Sunday teatime. Space patrol, a terrible Sci-Fi program using marionettes with visible strings, was on before or after it . In those days you sat at the table for meals so I ended up with a cricked neck trying to watch the telly.

Some of the camps used by the army became vacant when the troops left for D Day and more became available when the war ended. Some were used to house Displaced Persons, some were taken over by Squatters who had been living in bad housing. I think it reasonable that POWs would use some of this...

I hope we have " lurkers" who may have been born those parts willing to comment about those days. it would add an interesting angle to the thread.

Never a Christmas went bye without finding a John Bull Printing Outfit in amongst my presents. Others were printing blocks of various animals. Did not take much to amuse me in those days.

Just a thought... How many times did you actually write down braces or bracers when a kid ?. Could this be something to do with local accents and unwittingly using phonetics to mentally spell when a youngster. I can remember a number of words and place names that sounded completely to different...

Looks like it was a general purpose ointment..you could stick it anywhere. https://www.zam-buk.com/

The tube is now made of soft plasticky stuff and there is not alot of the ointment inside it.

These days the Golden Eye packet mentions Dibrompropamidine Isetionate 0.15% w/w. Try putting that through your spell checker. I think Sulfur Tablets were used for "cleaning the blood " to rid one of outbreaks of spots and boils or as a preventive. Fresh green vegetables are a nicer...

I used Golden Eye Ointment for an eye infection last month so its still about. I thought it had been replaced by Brolleen Eye Ointment.

Just a complete guess. If its a mold and the medium is concrete then the final product is going to weigh one hell of a lot. Could it be that they were counter weights of some kind ?

I built some of the Sinclair Micro radios as a kid . No idea who bought them for me, must have been an Uncle, certainly not me Father. They worked but never as good as a shop bought radio. I dont think my dad saw much future in the transistor. He was more your four valves and half a mile of...

I suppose the "Sporting Pink " was kept for the ladies room :D Sorry , juvenile humour. I found Izal in Government buildings mostly and people even pinched that. Which probably accounts for my Granny having cupboards of the stuff in BR wrappers. I remember having to use squares of the Express...

Lets lower the tone of the thread....What about "Izal " brand toilet paper ?...you know the crinkly stuff. I hope I never ,ever set my eyes on a roll of that stuff ever again. Medicated or not it should never have been allowed.

That model Viva was far better and more stylish than its predecessor . Big Vauxhalls ,in those days, always seemed magical to me . A bit of the USA about them. Nowadays they are just plain old Euro boxes.

Just seen the price of that pair of braces ( is that the correct form ? ). Wheew !. Now where is that ball of string left over from the bean poles ?

For those who like things dried , crystallized, weird and wonderful then try Julian Graves Ltd shops. I often am surprised what you can still get. Food products out of fashion in this country but imported from where they are still staples.

According to my translator Suspenders in German is Strumpfhalter or Strumpband. That really goes with the KamiPanzers. Sorry about that ...a bit of an aberration.

A new sweetshop has opened in Bromyard and I am certain I saw a type of liquorice wood in there. What about Life Buoy soap, the red variety. That distinctive smell permeated the cinema on a Friday night at a time when wearing mens cologne could get you some strange looks. It was that or sisters...

Braces..which reminds me. I can now go out and buy a pair. For some reason my mrs hated them but I am now of that shape which means I no longer have hips to hang the waistband on.

There seems to be phantom black dogs all over the place we have one in Kington ,Herefordshire. Black Bob is supposed to appear around the church yard heralding the death of the Lord of the Manor. He has not been seen for a while. At least not by anyone sober.