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Bread Strike Of 1974 and 1978

I remember it, horsencart, and yet this last couple of years, Lidl have had quite a job on their hands to shift their cheap breadmakers. Hmmmm.

Maurice
 
I do and I began making my own bread for a short time. No bread maker then Maurice. I remember putting the dough in the airing cupboard for it to rise and forgot all about it. You can imagine what happened!!!!!!?. Doe came over the plate all over the neatly ironed clothes below.
 
Something I've never tried, Jean, although a number of my friends here use breadmakers and swear by them. But I can imagine the ghastly mess in your airing cupboard! :-)
 
When the Bread strike was on I was a delivery driver moving new vehicles all over the country.
I had a van to deliver to Edinburgh and one to bring back so after I swapped them I made for a bakery as they were not on strike up their and got as many as they would let me have and shared them amongst family and friends down here.
 
I had just started my nurse training when the bread strike was on, we were lucky enough to have a chef who baked fresh bread everyday, but can remember the queues at the shops and the fights that broke out.Our lovely chef used to bake us loaves to take home with us on our days off, we had to hide them so we weren't robbed.
Sue
 
I remember the local bakery shop on the corner of Slade Road and Fentham Road was kept very busy. All the "regular's" bread was kept behind the counter with their names on it and Mr Salmon baked extra loaves to try to satisfy local shoppers who faced going without their "Mother's Pride".
 
John L said:
I remember the local bakery shop on the corner of Slade Road and Fentham Road was kept very busy. All the "regular's" bread was kept behind the counter with their names on it and Mr Salmon baked extra loaves to try to satisfy local shoppers who faced going without their "Mother's Pride".
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john i must admit i just can not remember these strikes

lyn
 
John L said:
I guess it was more noticeable to me, with the bakery shop just a couple of shops up from us Lyn.
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yes john and in 74 i was just married no children then so i guess it was not much of a hardship but ive just remembered that in 78 i was living in the north of scotland so this explains why i cant recall that one

lyn
 
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