tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post4388015105142590297..comments2024-01-19T11:46:53.109-04:00Comments on The World Needs A Stronger Blog...: The Lozenges of My Youth: Luden's Cough DropsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post-9487998890992669762013-02-02T20:44:51.378-04:002013-02-02T20:44:51.378-04:00I ues to work there from june 1984 to jan 88. I lo...I ues to work there from june 1984 to jan 88. I loved that job, I made jelly eggs by hand. Worked in the starch room., hollow chocolate. <br />Cherry line. Hershey wanted to destroy the company. Too much compitetiion. I waz a kid in a candy factory .it was old large spooky even. Old wooden floors ,old lighting .steam heated.<br />Tons of sugar a day. Id use a full skid of fruit and fine sugar in 10 hours. It was the pride of Reading. Now the pride is section 8 wealfare. Mostly spanish stores, were bars and hotels were on every corner. 88 was the end ,union did the same thing to twinkies 30 years later. I spent the last 25 years in a copper mill. I miss that job. The people. The smells. And after 30 years im not any richer im just a slave laborer for uncle sams plantation. Now the whole city is gone. Was #1 place for crime in the U.S. Now the I lead school for bad kids and some other nonsense is there...the original building was taking down in 1990 ish.... If I hit the lotto I would rebuild it back .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post-28806732306105277912009-09-22T17:49:59.009-04:002009-09-22T17:49:59.009-04:00Thanks, I was doing research for my epic--I needed...Thanks, I was doing research for my epic--I needed a metaphor. luden's lozenges did nicely.Urkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086121300436012432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post-82573803248876584312008-06-20T01:44:00.000-04:002008-06-20T01:44:00.000-04:00Great account of Ludens. Thank you. I searched all...Great account of Ludens. Thank you. I searched all over the web to find out about it, as it came up in a listserve discussion about the concept Homo Ludens, the latter being the gerund from the Latin verb ludere to play. And other than Hershey, it was hard to find anyone who claimed to have made them. Now, thanks to you, I know all about it. And, curiously enough, 5th Avenue was one of my favorite candies as a youth in the Fifties.Art Goodtimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335709072302038437noreply@blogger.com