- Contributed byÌý
- cornwallcsv
- People in story:Ìý
- Mrs Patricia C Pascoe
- Location of story:Ìý
- Falmouth, Cornwall
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4094237
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 20 May 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War website by Claire Shaw on behalf of Mrs Patricia C Pascoe, the author and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
A wartime cure for a chesty cough and indeed, whooping cough was to wear a "tarred rope" necklace around one's throat. Breathing in the tar was very advantageous and cleared the lungs.
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