Remember these cough drops?

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Pappy said:
Use to eat these things like candy. I liked the black ones better than the red ones.

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Oh, yeah

The red ones

Cherry, sweet sweet cherry

My big sister seemed to always have access to things I could only see, and not touch...or taste

‘cept one time, a wet, rain laden discarded Smith Brothers box

A wee bit if cough drop was left in it

…was

I then, at the ripe cherry age of four, joined up, became a bro

and here I am today

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I loved the cherry ones, my favorite cough drop, wish I could find them now. The other ones I liked were the soft Pine Brothers. They still sell Luden's at Walgreens drug store, but I loved the Smith Bros. and Pine Bros much better. Yes, would eat them like candy and would still do that today. :eek:

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My grandad always had these in the bib of his overalls

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He’d bang a couple outa the little hole into his hand

And give me one

Me and him were buds

I had bib overalls jus' like him

(the helps tasted like shit)
 
I remember when I was in elementary school and if it was winter and if we had a cold, we were allowed to bring either Smith Brothers, Luden’s or Vick’s cough drops and suck on them in class. We were also allowed to use the Vick’s Inhalers in class if we were stuffed up. That’s pretty much taboo today.
 
I was a fan of Pine Bros. cough drops. They were an early incarnation of today's gummies. If they had even a drop of medicine in them I sure couldn't taste it.
 
I liked the cherry ones that were like gummies. We were allowed to have them in school and Friday morning mass.

This is gross but what we’d do to have some fun during mass was suck them down to a perfect size then stick them on our nail or nails and admire our beautiful manicured fingernails, lol.

Im surprised the nuns didn’t catch us...or maybe they did and Ive forgotten. :)
 
I'd forgotten about Pine Bros and Vick's. I loved Vick's- weren't they triangular shape?

What were those disgusting, gray, round, thin throat lozenges?
 
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I don't remember the name Fisherman's....

Found this on Yahoo Answer's about the gray discs-
Parke-Davis Throat Lozenges(Medicated Discs)...they went out of business and don't make them anymore- they had a small amount of chloroform in them which made them numb your throat. They also contained Licorice, linseed, acacia, and anise, as well as sugar and a few other ingredients

Someone else said they were called Fisherman's in Canada.
 
I remember them all. Ludens cough drops were also popular. I think you can still buy them. Howdy Doody advertised them on his show in the 50's. If Howdy used them they had to be good. My Mom like HB brand cough drops. I think it stood for hospital brand.
 
I LOVED those chewy tangy cough drops. I would eat the entire package like candy. Fishermen’s friends work well but they can’t be eaten like candy the same as the cherry ones. I’d forgotten about them.
 
I miss those Smith's Cherry and Licorice. Loved them.

RR I recall the thin hot disks you are referring to and I can almost say the name. I was looking for some about a year ago for a cough John had and then I realized they were no longer on the market. throat-discs-parke-davis-medicated_1_2a541a71f71726ab5e0d40916ce8868b.jpg Is this what you are talking about? I thought they had a different name though.

I also think Sucrets are not at all like they used to be or is my memory wrong?
 
There was a type called Sucrets that were strong to the point of being nasty, and came in a tin box. The box was kind of like a prize, sturdy and useful for keeping change or small objects in.
 

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