Nitty Norah the bug explorer..

God how I hated that woman..I was lucky as I had the short "flicker" style haircut at school, but I always felt sorry for my friend Sam, she was tiny but had long (and unfortunately corse) hair right down to her butt, which her mum always platted for school every day..

all you would hear were her screams as Nitty Norah forced that tiny metal comb through all of her hair..that woman was plain cruel and nasty and really didn't give a crap if she hurt you..

He wouldn't cope without the heat of Florida and of course the pool......

I am so bloody old I cant remember the colour of the soap its been years I think it was during the war or just after.I know it smelled bad

Never mind mate....at least you can remember it was soap

My grandma always used the smelly orange soap and when we stayed at her house we always had to have a bath in the old tin bath tub on the kitchen floor with the hot water poured in from the big kettles on the stove, and I remember the smelly soap......

Wasnt the old carbolic lifebouy was it.I remember going to my Nans in London
I never saw a bath tub but there were sinks in the hall ways and that old carbolic soap smell.

Carbolic......that's the one. It was gross

See, you're not too old to remember

Was it coal tar!

Does that one smell like creosote then?

I seem to remeber a stench but not sure about creosote

My OH is laying in bed cracking up laughing. He thinks the creosote smell probably came from my granddad as he was a gardener and was always using creosote on fences............

Got it Sulphur stink.....maybe.

I think the creosote used to be painted on kids heads after it had shaved,I dont know, I sort of remember something like that.,,,,,,,,Maybe dreaming
Carbolic had its own smell.You would always get a good scrub down with that,No wonder as kids we were never sick,I reckon the pong from the soap kept the germs at bay.

Kept everyone at bay.............

Funny it starts me thinking of other things we had like syrup of figs remember that one,Bloody horrible stuff,wasnt for head lice though.
Then the Virol and the cod liver oil and malt nummy

We have been in the US since July 07. When my two eldest children started school, they were nit free. However a few weeks into school and my poor 6 year old had loads of the things! I tried a few potions, but found that using a good old Nitty Gritty Comb and conditioner works the best. What is annoying is that I get them clear, only to have them re-infected. One vigilant parent is useless. Despite putting their hair up, fumigating everything their little heads rest upon, and continual combing it would appear that headlice is the gift that keeps on giving!