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Old 2nd May 2012, 14:21
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Default Re: They dont make them like this anymore!

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Originally Posted by clawhammer
Here's a real blast from the past - Wright's Coal Tar Vaporizer.

Whenever I had the flu as a kid, my Mum would light up this little baby, and fill the room with the acrid smell of coal tar! I kid ye not.



These vaporizers are collectable on Ebay now.

Health shops still sell all sorts of coal tar products - soaps, shampoos, ointments, creams, etc.
Vic on the chest. For us girls, the liberty bodice with covered buttons. Cod liver oil... Ho, what joys they were!

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