Kitty remembers a cure for spots and the smallpox jab
Grim remedies
Kitty tells tales
Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus Archive
Whats in the larder!
Sulphur mixed with lard was used to cure spots, I remember my mum using it on my sister.
Infectious times
Whether we wanted to or not we had to have inoculations against Smallpox, because we grew up near the docks. There were so many sailors there passing through.
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