20-05-2011, 11:39 PM
Reading all that above, the following came rushing back to mind:
A penny's worth of 'scratchings' from the local fish 'n' chip shop;
The weekly free (medicine bottle shaped) bottle of orange juice from the local NHS clinic;
Ice on the inside of the windows in winter & a single 'Valor' paraffin heater in the kitchen with the kettle on top of it;
Getting out of bed at 5 a.m. to go and gather mushrooms with dad from the field out the back;
On the wireless: listening to the weekly episode of 'Lost In Space'; 'Listen With Mother'; Victor Silvester's Band & Housewives' Choice (the last two were my mother's choice - not mine!)
Fortunately I was spared School Dinners - but the free 1/3 pint of milk was always welcome!
It all now seems such a long, long time ago - sometimes it now feels like it was life on a different planet.
Al.
A penny's worth of 'scratchings' from the local fish 'n' chip shop;
The weekly free (medicine bottle shaped) bottle of orange juice from the local NHS clinic;
Ice on the inside of the windows in winter & a single 'Valor' paraffin heater in the kitchen with the kettle on top of it;
Getting out of bed at 5 a.m. to go and gather mushrooms with dad from the field out the back;
On the wireless: listening to the weekly episode of 'Lost In Space'; 'Listen With Mother'; Victor Silvester's Band & Housewives' Choice (the last two were my mother's choice - not mine!)
Fortunately I was spared School Dinners - but the free 1/3 pint of milk was always welcome!
It all now seems such a long, long time ago - sometimes it now feels like it was life on a different planet.
Al.
