In message , Frank Erskine
writes
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:06:34 +0000, Peter Twydell
wrote:

In message , Andy Hall
writes
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:12:23 GMT, Bob Martin
wrote:

in 623283 20070312 100358 Tony Williams wrote:
In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:

However they were still handing out this stuff for kids, along
with cod liver oil. I believe it became known as "welfare orange
juice" because it was handed out by the welfare clinics.

I used to like that orange juice, and the tablespoon
of malt every day. We had to take one penny to
school every day to pay for it. One tablespoon,
tied to the 'malt cupboard' with string, and shared
by everyone in the classroom.

Did you two mean "Cod Liver Oil and Malt" ?
I was addicted to the stuff (you can still buy it) and I also liked
Scott's Emulsion - anyone remember that?

Wasn't it called Virol?


That's what I though too. Did Virol have the cod liver oil in it?

Virol was a bone-marrow preparation:-

http://tinyurl.com/265ne6

According to the page, that was the advertising used up to 1900. Don't
know if that Virol was available later, but the stuff I ate was
certainly malt extract, not bone marrow.
--
Peter

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