Hello everyone. I found this site by looking for "malt on a spoon" because my sister and I were reminiscing about our childhoods in the 1950's. I was diagnosed with C.O.P.D. about 4 years ago but stopped smoking and hopefully my symptoms have gone! Anyway, we all start getting aches and pains as we reach 70 don't we! I've got some ultra sound tests coming up on Thursday and hope they don't find any aliens lurking inside! Wish I could talk to my wife about it all but she passed away over 6 years ago. Hope nobody minds an old fart sounding off now and then!
I think I was right in saying that the malt was a "health insurance" measure. But WAS IT TASTY!? Is it right that the original malt isn't available?
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I was at school during WW 2 and I remember some children were given doses of cod liver oil andmalt, the ones who were a bit under nourished. My mum gave it to me sometimes, and I loved the malty taste. Welcome to our friendly forum, lots of lovely people here, and we look forward to getting to know you. Hope you get good results from your scans. Iris x
I used to love malt with halibut liver oil I sometimes even had it on sandwiches! I was labelled 'a delicate child' back then 'cos I was ill so often but I reckon I must have been as tough as old boots as I survived in spite of all the illnesses - and am still alive and kicking. Maybe there was something in that 'health insurance' thinking! Hope your scan goes well, with good results.
Another reminder of days past, virol was different but taken for the same reasons, my school friend didn't like malt so her mum gave her virol - I liked them both.
I was given malt on a spoon but I do not think it was a horrid taste. I was always off with a chesty cough most terms at school. I do remember having a raw egg with a drop of sherry and the malt in the winter to keep me warm?
Malt extract can be still bought from most health shops and stores.
Hello and welcome. I was born in 1952 and used to get a spoonful every day in winter, being a chesty child. I loved it! You can still get it from Holland and Barrett if you want a trip down memory lane! 😆 Good luck with the tests.
Yes I did with the rubber buttons, and used to have a spoon of brimstone believe it was given if the blood got over heated , I found it ok, also the malt was alright
I suppose that's what it was really - lagging for sickly children, horrible! Compared to that the Liberty bodice was positively fashionable, and in cold houses it felt just like a warm cuddle when putting it on straight from the fire guard. Warm vest, thermogene jacket, liberty bodice, warm full length underskirt and then the outerwear - and I still looked no wider than a clothes prop! Can't say the same now and I wear fewer and thinner clothes - happy days!
cod liver oil and malt is still available. I have bought some in the past and it is wonderful. I daren't buy another jar because I can't resist the stuff. Boots Chemist do their own. So do Potters and Holland and Barrett. Here is a link to page full of jars.
Hee Hee " old fart " love it 😂.....coming up to seventy, that's not old !!
Although l am only 19 😂😂 l remember my mother shoveling a huge dollop of malt down my mouth every day...l hated it. , ....But l loved the orange juice my mum had, that was prescribed to all expectant mums in the 50s.
It was delicious...no fizzy drinks in those days, l had the choice of water or milk, so my mums orange juice was a real treat...l can see it now, in it's glass bottle with a silver screw on top 😂
I used to love that orange juice my mum got it from the clinic for my brother and me, we had that immediately after the spoonful of cod liver oil - yuk! That was back in the forties.
I remember being given Virol, hated that, remember it as having a meaty flavour? Had pleurisy as a baby. Nurse came to the house, my dad said it cost 2/6d a time!
My mum used to do washing and cleaning for out doctor so we used to get free visits when he came to pick up his clothes, (she also did his ironing) medicines had to paid for but if we needed to see the doc there was no need to pay for going to the surgery. He came from 'either' Ghana or Guyana I can't remember which and was the only black man in our town, he was a very conscientious doctor though.
Funny you say that we also had a 'rare' black doctor 'Dr Mundle' a very rotund, very cheery person who always looked so smart in his suit and always seemed so professional .. The doctor that took over from him was a very heavy drinker who got struck off in the end. I remember the surgery had that 'squeaky' lino on the floor lol ....
Hello welcome to the site, I remember spoonfuls of Malt, I used to try and keep it in my mouth for as long as possible 😁 nice to meet another 50's baby, you can get lots of different brands from Holland and Barrett 😀 huff x
Yes I remember it too. I was never keen on the taste. I also remember concentrated orange juice. I think they used to give it to poorer families at the baby clinic. I think there are a few of us old farts on here!
I remember both cod liver oil and the orange juice. I think they must have been wartime measures because when my brother was born in 1951 it had stopped and Mum bought Jaffa juice for him instead, which my older brother and I were strictly forbidden. We never had virol but I remember a ghastly tonic I had to 'build me up'!
OMG so we weren't the only lucky kids in the 50's. We always had a large jar at the bottom of our xmas stocking (pillow case) with a spoon tied to it and a satsuma too. The first thing we did was open the jars and get stuck in ....I believe my sister still has a jar ...for medicinal purposes of course!! We used to call it GLOB cos that was what it was lol ... Loved it ...Cod liver oil and malt . Talk away about the good all days we will join in xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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