BEDTIME FAVOURITE

Horlicks was invented in Chicago in 1873 by two British businessmen

It was popular on early voyages to the North and South poles – and even has an Antarctic mountain range named after it

Horlicks tablets were sold as sweets to British and US soldiers in the Second World War

All athletes were given the powder in the 1948 London Olympics

At its height, the firm’s Slough factory produced 15,000 tons of Horlicks a year