"Richard Wright" > wrote in message
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> I think you will find that William drank 'liquorice' water. You can
> read Richmal Crompton's own recipe at
>
> http://www.manuscripts.co.uk/stock/8030.HTM

Just to clarify, the stuff I was describing was used to make the liquorice
water, or as my uncle called it, sugarelly water. But my uncle would chew on
it as a substitute for sweets (candy). You were meant to add it to water,
much as the recipe you quoted does. Pretty sure he said it was not like the
bootlace liquorice I knew and described in that recipe, though.

Colin L