OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
#3691
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Welcome Julie...
I too think shoes and clothing are expensivein the UK, Jeans were £50 10 years ago, you can still find well made shoes made in Italy and Brazil, most in US seem to be from China...
My inlaws always load up with pants and shirts while here on vacation...
I too think shoes and clothing are expensivein the UK, Jeans were £50 10 years ago, you can still find well made shoes made in Italy and Brazil, most in US seem to be from China...
My inlaws always load up with pants and shirts while here on vacation...
#3692
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Sunday we always got some sort of peice of meat with vegatable and potato. Monday we would have left over meat cold with chips. We lived in Lancashire and my Mother was from Chester. Dont know if it was a thing were she came from. Can't remember way back. My brother loved tin pears with custard and bread and butter My Mother was a great cook always made dessert, jam rolly polly, bread and butter pudding, rice pudding, never tasted anything as good as hers. Always remember it had a nice brown crisp on top.
I've got a rice pudding in the oven as I write, it's turkey loaf, and mashed potatoes and rice pud tonight.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Sunday we always got some sort of peice of meat with vegatable and potato. Monday we would have left over meat cold with chips. We lived in Lancashire and my Mother was from Chester. Dont know if it was a thing were she came from. Can't remember way back. My brother loved tin pears with custard and bread and butter My Mother was a great cook always made dessert, jam rolly polly, bread and butter pudding, rice pudding, never tasted anything as good as hers. Always remember it had a nice brown crisp on top.
Another desert was jelly and blancmange. Love it. I was not allowed to drink milk because we only got a pint delivered a day and drinking milk was extravagant for my mom. It cut into her money for smokes
I was born in 1938 and I went all through the war and never went hungry or missed a meal. Thanks for all that saw to me eating.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
My in-laws still have tinned fruit and carnation for dessert!!
#3695
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We had a lot of tinned fruit also. I think my mum liked it because she was deprived during the war. We always had Nestles tinned cream on top - shaken until it was thick. Yum! She also made Welsh cakes. Yum Yum!
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Shelley there is only this 50's and 60's now. The other one got too big.
#3700
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Welcome Julie, yes we need more stories.....of how you are all finding it!
jasper, sequins??
Englishmum congrats on becoming a grandma.....
jasper, sequins??
Englishmum congrats on becoming a grandma.....
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
What country are you going to refuel in?
I need to know when you are leaving, the flight number and the airline.
I know you have posted it several times but one more time. Pretty please.
I hope you have the best flight ever.
Cheers
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Just to carry on reminiscing we ate a lot of runner beans because they were the only vegetable we grew in the garden. A little ritual was slicing them ready to be boiled for Sunday dinner.
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One of the many foods that I'm looking forward to in the UK is Mustard and Cress sandwiches and there was another weed that I can't remember anyway they were good on deviled egg sandwiches.
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Weather forecast for the UK "Wet and Windy" Homesick yet?