History
Vocalzone Throat Pastilles were created over 100 years ago, by Mr William Lloyd F.C.R.S. a world renowned Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, for the Great Enrico Caruso. Vocalzone is highly prized by singers the world over and is still manufactured to the original formulation. Click on the dates below to learn more about the rich heritage of Vocalzone Throat Pastilles.
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1872
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William Lloyd, the inventor of Vocalzone Throat Pastilles, is born at the Mansel Arms in Carmarthen to the Innkeepers Thomas and Elizabeth Lloyd.
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Established this year Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park.
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The Mary Celeste sets sail from New York heading for Europe only to be discovered under sail unmanned and abandoned in the mid Atlantic.
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The first ever-international football match, played between England and Scotland at Hamilton Crescent, finishes in a nil all draw.
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1873
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Enrico Caruso is born in Via San Giovannello, Naples to Anna and Marcellino Caruso, a tough mechanic who worked as a foreman in a Naples Factory.
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The Heineken Brewery opens in Amsterdam and the Coors Brewery opens in Golden, Colorado.
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Women of Fredonia New York march against the retail liquor dealers in town. This leads to the creation of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
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The North West Mounted Police force, universally known as The Mounties, is formed in Canada
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1895
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Enrico Caruso makes his professional debut at Teatro Nuovo in Naples. He is not well received, as his voice is an unusual combination of Tenor and Baritone. Following criticism he announces he will never sing in Naples again stating he would return only "to see my mother and eat vermicelli alle vongole."
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The Luminere Brothers demonstrate their projected motion picture machine at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris.
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The National Trust is formed in the UK.
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Babe Ruth is born in Pigtown, Baltimore.
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1898
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William Lloyd passes the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons exams but refuses to pay the registration fee – on principal.
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The Spanish American War breaks out. Annie Oakley writes to the president offering a company of fifty lady sharpshooters for active service (own guns and ammunition will be provided).
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The Philippines declares independence.
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Enzo Ferrari is born in Modena, Italy.
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1903
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Enrico Caruso makes his debut at his spiritual home, The New York opera starting an association that will last until his death in 1921. He also signs a deal with Victor records and becomes the first person the sell a million records.
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The Wright Brothers make the first making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the USA in perpetuity.
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Bing Crosby is born in Tacoma, Washington.
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1907
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William Lloyd F.R.C.S is called to Covent Garden to attend to Enrico Caruso where he is struggling with a voice problem. They become firm friends and William travels all over the world with Enrico as his personal physician. The resulting treatment is called Vocalzone. William marries Elizabeth and moves to Brook Street, Hanover Square. He also publishes his book “Hay Fever Hay Asthma” which runs to 3 editions.
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The first metered Taxicabs in the world take to the streets of London.
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Finland becomes the first country in the world to embrace universal suffrage and allow women to stand as candidates. Nineteen female MPs are elected.
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Lord Laurence Olivier is born in Dorking, Surrey.
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1912
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Vocalzone is made in Pastille form for the first time. It is marketed as “The Throat Pastille Created for Just one Man – The Great Caruso”
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The RMS Titanic hits and iceberg on her maiden voyage to New York and sinks. Over 1500 lives are lost.
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Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Chanel.
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Dame Joan Hammond was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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1914
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William Lloyd F.R.C.S hosts a Matinee performance at the Alhambra Theater London (now the Odeon Leicester square). It is attended by his friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister, David Lloyd George. He raises £8000 and for London Welsh Troops.
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Charlie Chaplin makes his movie debut in a comedy called “Making a Living”.
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Henry Ford sells 248,000 cars.
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Alec Guiness de Cuffe was born in Maida Vale, London.
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1921
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The Great Enrico Caruso dies in Naples as a result of a mystery illness, suspected to be peritonitis, at the age of 48. The King of Italy opened the Royal Basilica of the Church of San Francesco di Paola for Caruso's funeral, which was attended by thousands of people.
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Albert Einstein wins the Nobel prize for Physics.
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The Irish war of independence comes to an end.
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Gene Roddenberry is born in El Paso, Texas.
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1930
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Production steps up in the Vocalzone Factory at Walter and Sons chemists in Carmarthen. Vocalzone Throat Pastilles are now being sold in Chemists all over the UK.
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The Mickey Mouse comic strip appears for the first time, and the first frozen foods by Clarence Birdseye go on sale.
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Mahatma Gandhi sets off with 78 followers on a 200 mile protest march to towards the sea to protest at the British monopoly on salt.
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Neil Armstrong is born in Ohio and Buzz Aldrin is born in New Jersey.
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1940
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William Lloyd F.R.C.S. house at Brook Street is destroyed in the Blitz and he moves his family to Harrow on the Hill.
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Winston Churchill makes his first speech as Prime Minister and tells the house of Commons “I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears and sweat”.
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The Battle of Britain rages over England and the Nazi air defeat leads to the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion.
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Sir Tom Jones and John Lennon are born in the UK.
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