Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 918815)

I remember Fiery jack........one of my brothers( I won't name him) put some on our cats bottom and laughed when the poor cat was dragging its burning bum along the cold lino in the kitchen and running round like....well, like its bum was on fire.

My dad used to use a belladona plaster for backache...or Thermogene......an orange cotton wool type stuff........I think you positioned it where the pain was and put your vest on over the top and tucked it in tight........I can't imagine this stuff stayed in place very well.

Margaret, aren't there different grades of Tiger Balm?

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson (Post 840446)

Although a sweet rather than a medicine, I remember locists. They were something like a small banana with a most unusual taste. Possibly there were a dried fruit. I haven't seen or heard of them since 1952. I suspect they might have been something which was imported at a time when sweets were on ration. Please will somebody tell me about them.I bought them in a shop in Annie Street near the bridge over the railway near to St Joseph's church. I wonder if they still have them in stock?