Woman's Weekly / 9th March 1957
Housewives! Fed up of being a skivvy? Tough! Take Yeast-Vite instead, and wait a few years for Valium to be invented…
Tags: blatant sexism, dodgy advice, marriage, retail
Tanya Jones on 29 October 2009 @ 11pm
You know that I won’t be able to un-read that, Richard…*shudders*
Estelle on 29 October 2009 @ 11pm
Probably on speed to keep her weight down too!
Twinkle on 28 June 2010 @ 4pm
Oh my God my Mum used to take these in the good ole 70’s
and look! you can still buy them!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yeast-Vite-264333-100-Tablets/dp/B001E9777U
zoiks!
Tanya Jones on 29 June 2010 @ 12pm
That’s interesting: there’s now no reference to them soothing depression, which is a good thing. Looks like they’re an alternative to Pro-Plus now. Thanks for finding this, Twinkle!
Richard Hurst on 29 October 2009 @ 10pm
Phenacetin? Ooh, some of that please.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenacetin
Oh, hang on….