I’ve got that virus that comes back with a vengeance . Several of the older members of the hospice have it and this morning we were comparing health notes like old ladies do at a bus stop.
If you are a singleton and poorly, you only have your dogs to lick your feet better. Ok Diane the support worker I worked with last night, who has a heart the size of a fridge, gave me her curry supper to eat as well as furnishing me with copious amounts of sweet tea, but generally kid , you’re on your own.
Hence the lucozade.
Now when I was a child, Lucozade was classed as a medical drink. A gloriously golden sweet fizzy drink wrapped up in yellow selophane, that could only be bought at the chemists.
It was expensive
It was wonderful and it was a treat.
Your mother really loved you when she bought you a bottle, and you had to drink it quick sticks before anyone well got there nasty little mits on it.
It was the ambrosia of the 1970s
So I bought myself a bottle today
From Tescos
There was a whole section filled with lucozade
Lucozade light, lucozade sport, lucozade high energy
All in common plastic bottles
No cellophane
No tradition.
I bought a bottle of lucozade original
And drank it in the car park
I could have wept
Ok I got a sense of the real taste of childhood
But the drink was just a fizz
A shadow of its former self
And no panacea to a snotty, painful head.
They used to say that Lucozade had the highest mark-up profit of any other drink. It was basically sweet yellow water, and they charged a fortune for it.
ReplyDeleteI expect you got a real sugar high after that!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're a mum with kids, or a grandma with kids, and you're sick, nobody takes care of you either, and they all look at you like you're putting them out.
ReplyDeleteIt was all my father could manage for his last few months in the 60s, so I remember it well, with its lovely buttery smell.
ReplyDeleteOh, no! I'm so very sorry to hear you're sick again and that your well remembered Lucozade has changed beyond recognition. No fair!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a speedy recovery, a quiet restful weekend, and lots of comfort food.
Hugs!
I HATED LUCOZADE. Its colour was unattractive and its taste was worse. Being reminded of it makes me unhappy. Roderick
ReplyDeleteI never had Lucazde, but my understanding is it’s really just like Gatorade. Lots of electrolytes. Is there more to it? Hope you recover quickly.
ReplyDeleteAhh, Lucozade. I can almost hear the squeak of that cellophane.
ReplyDeleteFeel better soon, John. Xx
Oh, the crinkly cellophane! I was frequently ill as a child with tonsillitis infections. I loved Lucozade (bear in mind that we hardly ever had fizzy drinks, even lemonade) and it was a real treat.
ReplyDeleteI only had it once when I had measles. Yes, I remember the squeak and the taste. I used to watch the TV through the cellophane and pretend we had a colour telly.
ReplyDeleteOh I did that too! But had forgotten all about it until you said it. And do you remember those cardboard specs with red and green cellophane 'lenses' so you could really pretend you had a colour tv? They came free, out of comics like Beano!
DeleteWe were given it in tiny glasses like a medicine and then spent an age looking at things through the cellophane - I loved it.
ReplyDeleteHad some after giving birth and a nurse took it away and poured it down the drain saying it was no good!
Lucozade, does it really have healing properties, or is it just expensive fizzy sugar water with a clever marketing ploy? Sorry it didn't even give you a nostalgic brow stroke. This bug seems to be back with a vengeance. Time to really take it easy and look after yourself. Imagine you are your own patient and treat yourself accordingly. No if or buts - do it! (Sending healing hugs over the ether, as well as the telling off!) xx
ReplyDeletei used to have warm Ribena when i was poorly as a child, not sure why that was but it was quite pleasant, i hope you're soon on the mend x
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you are sick...hope you get over it really quickly. Lots of bed rest and fluids. Lucozade, I hated it when I was sick, the smell put me off but yes we had it and the yellow cellophane. I bought a small bottle a couple of years ago. The original lucozade is the only one that has "sugar" in it. The rest have aspartame. So of course I went for the original. I was surprised I actually liked it this time round.
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