Fisherman's Friend Original Lozenges Reviews

INTRODUCTION Back when I was a teenager I went on a family coach holiday Oop North. It was all a big adventure as I hadn't been north of London before. We visited lots of coastal towns including Blackpool and Fleetwood. I'd never heard of Fleetwood but I remember the tour guide telling us it was where Fisherman's ...  Read the complete review

===A Chip Off The Old Block=== Do you ever have a feeling that you are turning into a replica of your parents? It's been happening to me a fair bit lately. I have cold feet like my father and an occasionally snuffly nose like my mother - and that's just for starters. They both always have some kind of cough sweet or mint to ...  Read the complete review

I always imagined Fisherman's Friend throat sweets were what Dads would eat when it was cold out or they had a bit of a sniffle. Then I met my partner. I had never touched one of these before as the packaging wasn't very appealing and they made me think of old men but my partner made me try one and I was quite ...  Read the complete review

Hello Dooyooers! I'm sure whatever age you are you've heard of Fisherman's Friend or at least seen them on sale at the till in your local newsagents. I have only recently been introduced to Fishermans's Friend though I have known about them for years of course. The most common type is the "Original ...  Read the complete review

When I was little my uncle used to buy these and have them on his card table and me and my sister used to dare each other to try and keep one of the lozenges in our mouths the longest to win the dare as they were so strong and tasted strange , but they did warm you up and get rid of a cough. She always won as I wasn't keen ont he flavour ...  Read the complete review

If you haven't tried a Fisherman's Friend Lozenge then I expect you will have heard of them at least. These things are very strong. They now come in a range of different flavours and the most recent ones I tried were the sugar free lemon ones which worked wonders for my sore throat and cough. Personally speaking, however, I do think I ...  Read the complete review

When my mom was still alive I'm sure she was being unfaithful to my dad - she never went anywhere without a Fisherman's Friend! Seriously she always had a packet in her bag and she loved them. So what are Fisherman's Friends? Well they are extra strong lozenges which were actually first made by a pharmacist called ...  Read the complete review

** Fisherman's Friend Original Lozenges ** I think everybody heard ones about Fisherman's Friend and for my feeling they have been around forever! They have been around for some time because they have been developed almost 150 years ago now. They were actually used for fishermen who had to work in bad conditions at sea and ...  Read the complete review

The Fisherman's Friend sounds like a fun fix to a sore throat, like a little cute bird or fish that will just glide down and fix your problems. That is how I used to imagine them when my Grandad took them, how wrong I was... Fisherman's Friend lozenge has been around for over a century and it is no wonder. They are beastly ...  Read the complete review

Fishermans Friends are a tablet lozenge that are designed to be use to cure bronchial problems, particularly those induced by the cold, damp and Winter in general. If I have a bad cough, cold or sore throat and other conventional lozenges aren't helping to relieve the problems, I'll reluctantly resort to using Fisherman's ...  Read the complete review

Fisherman's friend are a type of throat lozenge that has been around for over 100 years with pretty much no updating so that tells you already just how effective these little lozenges are. They are not my favourite type of lozenge manily due to the strong taste they have but they are pretty potent things and sometimes a locket just ...  Read the complete review

Fisherman's Friend lozenges were first invented back in 1865 by James Lofthouse. He made it first as a tincture to protect the throats and chests of fishermen while at sea. The glass bottles that he put it in though used to break easily while in the bad weather at sea so he thickened up the mixture until it became thick enough for him ...  Read the complete review

Fisherman's Friends are strong menthol lozenges which were originally invented to help fishermen in the Arctic overcome respiratory illnesses caused by airways becoming sealed during the long times spent indoors whilst not fishing. That's the history of the brand but they are now sold with the Fisherman's Friend lozenges but have ...  Read the complete review

I remember Fisherman's Friend sweets from when I was younger, and either these disappeared or I just wasn't looking in the right places for these anymore, but it is only from about 6 months ago that I saw them again and of course I was able to buy them again. These used to come in thick paper kind of bags, but now they come in ...  Read the complete review

Fisherman's friend is a type of throat lozenge designed to soothe the throat and clear the airways. They have been around since 1865, and the fact that they are still popular is surely a testimony to the effectiveness of the product. They were originaly designed by a chemist called James Lofthouse in Fleetwood, Lancashire, as a remedy ...  Read the complete review

I do suffer from the whole cough/cold/throat virus fairly often, and unfortunately not just at this time of the year. It seems to be some vicious circle of first a sore throat, followed by a heavy cold and then the norm with me is finished off by a chest infection which causes more coughing hence making the throat sore again..I'm just ...  Read the complete review

Fisherman's Friend are a famous brand of cough lozenges that come in a distinctive little paper packet. They cost me 70p in my local newsagents and are little chalky sweets with a texture like crumbly mints. They look like small brown pellets but because the brand is very old and famous you assume they are going to be very good for your ...  Read the complete review

Fishermans friend is a sore throat lozenge which is very much like marmite, as you either love these or hate them, they have a distinctive flavour that some compare to chalk (Which begs the question, when did they taste chalk to compare it), to others it has a strange almost lavender flavour that cuts through a sore throat and helps you ...  Read the complete review

I remember my mum used to always have a packet of Fisherman's Friends lozenges in her handbag, no doubt to try and treat her smoker's cough. I used to be allowed to have one every so often and remember that it was a feat of endurance to pretend I liked it so as not to appear wimpy! Moving on to the present day I saw the familiar white ...  Read the complete review

"If laid end on end all of the Fisherman's Friends lozenges eaten in one year would stretch around the world 4 times." This is just one of the many interesting things about Fisherman's Friends to be found on the fishermansfriend.com website. If you are curious, have a look. These extremely strong tasting ...  Read the complete review