Wow. I hadn't thought of the William books in years!

Thanks for the blast from the past!

Lis


"Richard Wright" > wrote in message
...
> 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
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:26 +0100, " Colin Lamond"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"jonathan.west1" > wrote in message
> >news:FIfzc.32$e%.6@newsfe2-win...
> >> Richmal Crompton's William keeps drinking Licorice Water.
> >>
> >> How is this made, anyone? Do we use the root, or is it the proprietary
> >sweet
> >> merely boiled up.
> >
> >
> >I always thought it was neither, or at least not the kind of sweet you
might
> >be thinking of, rather a processed form of the root.
> >
> >My uncle told me about the time when he was he lad (about the the time of
> >WW2): the children used to fake having sore stomachs because then they
would
> >be given liquorice to make sugerelly water (liquorice water) to sooth
their
> >pains. They way he told it, it was the only way they could get anything
> >approaching sweets during rationing. I'm pretty sure the doctor was in on
it
> >too:-)
> >
> >Anyway, what he described (IIRC) was more like a thick black lump you
could
> >chew at for a whole day.
> >
> >Colin L
> >
>