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A Piece - Sandwich

Never heard of it spose it,s a girlie song sung while skipping in the playground while we boys played proper games like British Bull Dog.Dek:cool::cool::D
 
Scuse me!!! I am OFF TOPIC I used to hang upside down off lamposts played cricket in the entry's and marbles. Ask Patty?. Jean.
 
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TOPSYTURVEY said:
Don,t forget a piece good old Tomato Dip ,or a piece of fried bread.
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Oh what merories that brings back i used to go to the cafe by Furnace lane when i come out of Gower St school at dinner time. Max
 
I think this is it.

Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot - nine days old.
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot - nine days old.
 
Jim thanks but where did it come from?. I am racking my brains here?. I realise it is Peas now and not piece. As my dad would say "daft apeth". Jean.
 
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'Daft appeth' reminded me of my old grandmother's expression when she would say 'You're ten-a-penny' meaning you are daft or silly.
 
I used to have a 'piece' with either red sauce, sugar or drpping on it, mmmmmm.
I haven't used the term in years though.
 
A piece was always a sandwich to my 3 brothers and I. We'd say "Can I have a piece" , meaning a piece of bread & dip" (either the dripping or bacon lard) or Jam. In our house if you wanted a piece, you got a sandwich and of course what was on it, was whatever left-over’s you had in the pantry.
 
Same here. a piece was slice of bread with jam or dripping or with my great aunts soup /stew - a pot always on the stove in the scullery with remains of everything in, just got addedto constantly, but the best thing out on a cold day or if you were poorly! Think it would break all health and safety rules now though!!
Sue
 
We used to call it a piece, I remember putting brown sauce on, and calling it a brown spotted piece.
 
We used to go on an adventure for the day when we were on the six week holiday.We would take a couple of pieces of jam(sugar if I got to make them) and a bottle of council pop.That would see us through till about six at night when we arrived home after conquering the world.
 
Brum Burgin said:
We used to go on an adventure for the day when we were on the six week holiday.We would take a couple of pieces of jam(sugar if I got to make them) and a bottle of council pop.That would see us through till about six at night when we arrived home after conquering the world.
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Just like that in my case, but sometimes we got to make orange juice with the concentrate from The Carnegie in Hunters Road.
 
Sometimes I had a 'piece' with slices of apple - also a 'piece' with a slice of cake - the later only if mom was 'a little better off that week]. Miriam.
 
Al Banner said:
Sometimes I had a 'piece' with slices of apple - also a 'piece' with a slice of cake - the later only if mom was 'a little better off that week]. Miriam.
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Only saw 1 apple a year and that was with 1 orange in me stocking at Christmas there was 15 of us in our house. Dek
 
Hi to all.
Yes as a kid i often had a piece of echo marge (yuk) with sugar on it. also i remember scraping the lard out of the meat tin, spread it on a piece, then sprinkle some salt on it. When you look back to the time you were a kid, it is hard to imagine the things you used to eat. If i had tinned tomatoes i would put sugar in those aswell. Thank goodness our tast change with age.

Stars
 
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