Talk:Virol

A fact from Virol appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Virol (jar pictured) was dispensed by the Virol Lady in British primary schools in the 1940s?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 05:41, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Virol jar

... that in primary schools in the 1940s, Virol (jar pictured) was dispensed by the Virol Lady?

Reviewed: Shabir Madhi

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 11:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting facts, on few but fine sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and a good illustration of the period. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:12, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Virol

I was given this at school in the 50’s because I was anaemic. It was delicious! I imagine it worked as I’ve never been anaemic since! 2601:702:3:5A90:0:0:0:F401 (talk) 02:35, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good stuff! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]