I'm surprised they had only a cold tap for so long. I remember many houses had those Ascot gas propelled water heaters.
My grandmother at Harborne made beautiful dripping and we loved it on toast, but the biggest treat was dippy bread, a piece of bread dipped in the juices from the joint. We had to drink a cup of cabbage water, good for your spots, first. It was always worth it.Ah, that makes sense Mike. Otherwise it would be double expenditure wouldn't it if they knocked it down and re-built it? I didn't watch last night's programme but their original kitchen was very posh as I recall. Would they really do that to the garden too? I don't think so.
What they called 'dirty' dripping was what we called 'jelly dripping'. I don't eat meat now but it's one of my memorable tastes of childhood. That, along with a 'dip' in the roasting tin on the rare occasion we had beef. Mom used to get cross when I nagged for this and say 'there won't be any taste in the gravy the way your're going!'
Again, as far as hot water was concerned, we were very lucky in that the pre-fab had a back boiler for the winter and immersion for the summer. Hot water was rationed out though as it was shilling-in-the-slot and quite expensive.
11..Sweets for my Sweet – The Searchers
13..Sha La La – The Small Faces
14..Its not Unusual – Tom Jones
15..I’m Into Something Good – Hermans Hermits
18..Green Green Grass of Home – Tom Jones
19..Mellow Yellow – Donavan
20..Everlasting Love – The Love Affair
21..Delilah – Tom Jone
22..Something in the Air – Thunder Clap Newman (classic)
song no 7 some other guy is a rock "standard" recorded by many artists,including the beatles,tom jones, the searchers and any number of artists.I saw the searchers in chester at the riverpark ballroom { don't be misled by the name,it was a converted pub)when they announced they had just released sweets for my sweet.They had been regular performers in the nw area,but they made their name with that record,and went on to bigger things.....................Mal
To be genuinely real ( and I am very dubious, particularly after this series on now) the pupils would have to be caned, have to use an outside toilet and WALK to school
Todays snowflakes would melt...walk? what is that?To be genuinely real ( and I am very dubious, particularly after this series on now) the pupils would have to be caned, have to use an outside toilet and WALK to school