Hot drinks

[Vivienne14]

Winter, in front of the coal fire and a mug of Ovaltine. Liked this as well as Horlicks, but we mostly had Ovaltine. I think this is probably a 1950s postcard. If I’d have had this card I’d definitely have coloured it in starting with the older girls dress ! But I doubt I’d have sent it on to anyone as it would have required a postage stamp.



Mum used to drink gallons of tea until she discovered Nescafé coffee (in the small round tins, brown label). Sometimes she’d switch to Maxwell House (in a similar tin with a red label). You needed to use a spoon to prise open the lid. Never liked coffee when I was younger - always seemed too bitter to me.

Viv.

 

[mw0njm.]

I loved olvaltine drink and tablets and still do. i have the glass some were in the loft. i was never a liker of hot chocolate though

 

[Vivienne14]

I have a Horlicks mixer Pete, it wasn’t mine I bought it in an antiques shop. I’ve never used it but it was the scientific look of it that attracted me to it. We never had one when I was little, so it was a new discovery for me.

However we did have the Ovaltine mugs with the moon face on. Viv

 

[mw0njm.]

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[mw0njm.]

I have a Horlicks mixer Pete, it wasn’t mine I bought it in an antiques shop. I’ve never used it but it was the scientific look of it that attracted me to it. We never had one when I was little, so it was a new discovery for me.

However we did have the Ovaltine mugs with the moon face on. Viv

my mom was a collector of all the gimmicks and gizmos.she bought a percolator that frightened the life out of me when it boiled in case it blew up

 

[mw0njm.]

a coffee and chicory syrup that was the first form of instant coffee. Camp coffee became ubiquitous within the British Empire both as a popular drink and baking ingredient.

Created in 1876 to accompany the Gordon Highlanders (a British army infantry regiment) on their campaign to India, it allowed them to satisfy their coffee cravings while on the road or camping out. Reflecting this history, the original label showed a kilted soldier enjoying a cup of coffee served to him by a Sikh servant. Camp coffee is a brand that still exists today, but the label has been judiciously edited to show the Scot now enjoying a cup of coffee with his Sikh friend.

Written By: Caitlin Coleman​

 

[NOTSHARP]

We did not have anything but tea at home, and I never drank it. Sometimes, a tin of cocoa. Never drinking chocolate.

I spent many, many hours at Northfield swimming baths, and always had a mug of Cow and Gate after swimming.

Edit to say, yes, Camp coffee. My father liked it. no one else in the house did.


Steve.

 

[mw0njm.]

We did not have anything but tea at home, and I never drank it. Sometimes, a tin of cocoa. Never drinking chocolate.

I spent many, many hours at Northfield swimming baths, and always had a mug of Cow and Gate after swimming.

Edit to say, yes, Camp coffee. My father liked it. no one else in the house did.


Steve.

did they make it in the mug for you steve

 

[NOTSHARP]

did they make it in the mug for you steve

Not that one, I assure you. Malted chocolate.



Steve.

 

[Richard Dye]

We did not have anything but tea at home, and I never drank it. Sometimes, a tin of cocoa. Never drinking chocolate.

I spent many, many hours at Northfield swimming baths, and always had a mug of Cow and Gate after swimming.

Edit to say, yes, Camp coffee. My father liked it. no one else in the house did.


Steve.

I used to do the same at Grove Lane. The problem was 50% of the time they had run out.

 

[mw0njm.]

you cant beat a good cuppa

 

[pjmburns]

As a child I was given cups of tea - don't remember other hot drinks.
All was well until, apparently, one day my Dad gave me a cup of tea. I took one sip and gave the cup back saying "not tea like I like" Dad tasted it and then realised he hadn't put in any sugar. Sugar added and I drank it.
No idea how old I was and I can't remember it. I didn't know what was wrong but, obviously, didn't like it.
The story became one of those family tales trotted out from time to time.

 

[Vivienne14]

The mention of Cow and Gate takes me straight back to the the cafe at Kingstanding swimming baths. After a swim, followed by the fastest drying and dressing known to man (it was so cold in those changing rooms) we’d swiftly rush upstairs to the caff. It was a welcoming chlorine filled, fuggy, warm room which looked down on the baby pool. And a mug of C&G. Bliss !

Viv

 

[Vivienne14]

We had this too. But seems contrary to drink it in the morning if it relaxes you and aids sleep in the evening !

Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[NOTSHARP]

We had this too. But seems contrary to drink it in the morning if it relaxes you and aids sleep in the evening !

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Yes, I remember that well. I lived quite close to Cadbury's, and could smell the chocolate, when the wind was in the right direction.

Steve.

 

[mw0njm.]

we had a cuppa hot cocoa at night when we was kids

 

[mw0njm.]

while i have had this leargy i have drunk hot lemonade with beechams powders in it at night

 

[mikejee]

The product is no longer made here, but has been , and still is, very popular in Africa.



here it is pushed as a "drink for vitality", though I understand that "vitality" there is more to do with it having aphrodisiac properties

PS. With finding this advert I found out that Millie died in 2020 aged 72. -Makes me feel very old !!
T

 

[Tinpot]

The mention of Cow and Gate takes me straight back to the the cafe at Kingstanding swimming baths. After a swim, followed by the fastest drying and dressing known to man (it was so cold in those changing rooms) we’d swiftly rush upstairs to the caff. It was a welcoming chlorine filled, fuggy, warm room which looked down on the baby pool. And a mug of C&G. Bliss !

Viv

I have never heard of anyone, other than babies, drinking Cow & Gate before. Was that common practice at the baths? I only went to the Green Lane and Woodcock St baths for school sessions so we never stayed after the swim.

 

[Vivienne14]

It’s the Cow & Gate malted chocolate version mentioned by Steve in post #9. I remember they used to have it at the baths in enormous round cardboard containers. Must have been especially for catering. Viv.

 

[mw0njm.]

i alo like a hot boveril drink when i am working outside in the winter

 

[Vivienne14]

I’d never had Bovril when I was young. (And we weren’t football fans so no chance of a Bovril at a match). But we did sometimes have Oxo. The thought of drinking it today makes me heave. Also it didn’t occur to me that it might have been used as a substitute for nighttime milky drinks. Viv.

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[Tinpot]

My Auntie used to heat up dark beer in a saucepan and put it in a glass with sugar.

 

[mw0njm.]

i remember milo

 

[Vivienne14]

Here’s one for you to try tonight; marmite and milk “even better still”. Well that’s a first (to me).Could be tempted but not sure, Anyone ever had this combo? Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[mw0njm.]

marmite yuck i try'd that once and i heaved,it took ages to get the disgusting taste out me mouth

 

[Richard Dye]

We had this too. But seems contrary to drink it in the morning if it relaxes you and aids sleep in the evening !

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And don’t forget Horlicks!

 

[mw0njm.]

ok Richard

 

[Richard Dye]

ok Richard
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[Pedrocut]

How about a drop of ale…

“In England and other beer-drinking countries warm ale was a popular winter drink when heated on its own or mulled with spice and sugar. Many people also thought ale was healthier drunk warm. And then there was a fondness for sweetened warm ale with nutmeg. If you added a measure of rum or brandy the mixture was called flip, and was popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.”

Warming beer, making mulled ale or flip the traditional way

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