No - thats not one I remember - but I do remember sugar mixed with powdered chocolate or somethig and eating it with a spoon for a sore throat? Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: <FOUNTAlNPen@aol.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [B.C.] What is GOLDEN SYRUP ?? > > In a message dated 16/04/2006 08:34:07 GMT Standard Time, > harbro.town@ntlworld.com writes: > > also sugar and apple sandwiches > > > YESSssssss! > Were you ever given a stick of rhubarb dipped in sugar as well? > Penny > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > Wherever possible (except for personal messages) > please post replies to the list.Other people can learn from them! >

Back in the 40s and 50s, we had 'Friars Balsam' on sugar, usually on a sugar cube. It left your teeth and tongue with a coating of yellow 'gunge'. but quite an enjoyable taste. Whether it did any good or not I don't know. I think you can still buy 'Friars Balsam'. Alan.

Hi: I have at last managed to track down my two HURRENs in the 1901 census, thanks to some superb help by people on the list. Particular thanks go (in alphabetical order) to Ann, Maureen, Mellie, Nancy and Velda plus a couple of anonymous contributors. What a great list (but I knew that already)! There's an interesting lesson here that has been reinforced by this quest and may be worth sharing. Most misindexing errors come from misreading the surname, so why not just leave it out? My Kathleen HURREN was tracked down on Ancestry by only entering Kathleen, aged 23, living in London, but with no surname. This produced a list of only 100+ candidates, and most could be eliminated at a glance, because the surname was completely the wrong length or shape for a misreading of HURREN. In fact it didn't take too long to spot Kathleen DURCAN, as a possible misspelling, and there she was. Incidentally, my other candidate, Kate HURREN, had been indexed as Kate HUMAN, and the same technique tracked her down too. Best wishes to all Paul Prescott