What was it called?

[gdm27]

Those things you saw every day when you was a nipper but not sure what it was called due to less grey matter! What was the name of that cloth/lace thing on the back of Dads chair to stop the grease stain from his barnet??

[MargaretR]

Antimacasser - not sure of right spelling.
Macasser was a type of hair oil - the 'anti' bit related to keeping it off the upholstery

PS just had a quick google - spelling almost right
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antimacassar

[Bernard Dawson]

A thingimijig wasn't it.

[steeljack]

not sure of the name , but my Grandma was allways crocheting them from big bobbins of factory cotton , never knew where she had accquired them

[gdm27]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

A thingimijig wasn't it.

No, that was something else!

[Gremlin]

Before we set off on tour with a Batty Holt's coach we had to change the antimacassa on the top of the seats if they were greasy or dirty from the last customer head.

If I remember correctly ours were white with BH embroidered in them.
Coach tours were a bit posh in those days (1965 ish) and before you start we didn't have a horse pulling it. It was a long way to Lake Garda.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, I remember then too, and you are spot on Margaret, with why they were called AntiMaccassars.
We just called them Chair back covers and my grandma used to crochet her chair back covers.......grandad used to fall asleep in the chair and then walk around with his bald head the same pattern as the covers.......he didn't need the back of his chair protecting...he had no hair(to speak of).......Uncle Harry(his son) had thick dark wavy hair which he would slick down with Brilliantine......a colourless oily liquid that made his hair shine........he was in the RAF........an original Brylcreem boy(except it was Brilliantine).

[garinda]

My Aunty Macassar had some lovely ones.

[gdm27]

OK what about those little pills Mum used to give us, Lung Healers?? Anyone remember those, what did they do and what were they???

[cashman]

Originally Posted by gdm27

OK what about those little pills Mum used to give us, Lung Healers?? Anyone remember those, what did they do and what were they???

Never heard of them, but "Healed yer Lungs" would be a rough guess.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, Fennings little Lung healers......Dr Doans backache pills and I think he was the originator of Bile Beans too(but I am happy to be corrected).

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, Fennings little Lung healers......Dr Doans backache pills and I think he was the originator of Bile Beans too(but I am happy to be corrected).

Them are the ones Margaret, Used to take um all the time when I was young sadly they didn't work

[beechy]

i remember Mothers Little Helpers..similar ?

[Margaret Pilkington]

No Beechy, that was something entirely different....you needed a script for those......Valium was their other name.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

No Beechy, that was something entirely different....you needed a script for those......Valium was their other name.

Oh those little blue pills Margaret