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Sep 24th 2006, 2:39 pm

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I put up some memories on a forum in the UK, that .............me the game. He payed me the half-a-crown for winning, and I paid him twice as much because I didn't get a shot. He is still my favourite uncle.

'Triffic story. I had a great Uncle called Norman who served in the desert in WW2. I'm 38 now, but his stories when I was a kid were wonderful to listen to.
He introduced me to the Goons, Spike Milligan and home made beer. His booze could drop a charging Rhino at 100yds. Sadly, it was the bottle that got him probably due to him getting through El Alamein and Casino. You would never have know it though by his manner.

Sep 24th 2006, 3:07 pm

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I put up some memories on a forum in the UK, that covered my connection with the town. Then I added some from WW2 because they asked. My firstborn daughter demanded that I keep adding but to keep a record on my machine for them. Perhaps I'll use my blog to build up a collection. One of the people in the card game was my uncle Paul. He is a Secular Jew and was from the East End, he was put in the Somerset Regiment and posted to Taunton where he palled up with my blood Uncle Norman. Through him, he met and married my Aunt Joan. They had a child size billiard table and he taught us to play. Then he bet me half a crown that he would give me a 99 point start on a game to 100, and if he got first shot he would beat me. I took him up on it. he went to take his shot, stopped and offered to bet me five bob that I wouldn't even get a shot, obviously, I bet him. He then put his cueball straight into the pocket, giving me the game. He payed me the half-a-crown for winning, and I paid him twice as much because I didn't get a shot. He is still my favourite uncle.

We used to play cards every Saturday afternoon at my aunties house. She was a wonderful cook and used to put on a lovely spread of homemade cakes, sandwiches and biscuits and then we would sit around the big dining room table and play "New market" amongst other card games......
Great memories

My mum used to pickle her onions in the gallon jars too, we were like you and would munch on them all day around Christmas time.

Sep 24th 2006, 3:16 pm

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Re: Tesco update

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My mum used to pickle her onions in the gallon jars too, we were like you and would munch on them all day around Christmas time.

Sounds like Saturday nights at my gran's house. Newmarket and good company.I would spend every Saturday night there as a child.Good times.

Sep 24th 2006, 3:18 pm

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Sounds like Saturday nights at my gran's house. Newmarket and good company.I would spend every Saturday night there as a child.Good times.

No one ever knows Newmarket here

My fave card game and we used to play with all our copper coins.....

to a fellow Newmarket fan

Sep 26th 2006, 6:41 am

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Till then you'll just have to survive with the little Brit shop on 15th at Potrero for Brit stuff, or Real Foods for something healthy.

I called-in to the store on Potrero a few weeks ago and was shocked at the prices... It would have been cheaper to fly to the UK and fill my case! Then again in a snack emergency...

Mollie Stones have a few reasonably priced British goods in their international isle too.

Sep 26th 2006, 12:01 pm

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My dad went through the desert but was then wounded at Anzio, eventually losing the lower part of his left leg.

I have some of the Goon shows on CD, but I have to change my listening habits, they require full attention or some essential thing is missed, radio ptogrammes these days don't need that.

Sep 26th 2006, 12:13 pm

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I pickle my own onions, its cheaper and you get double the onions for the price you would have paid for one jar

If you do them now they will be ready for Xmas

Here's an easy recipe if your'e interested.......

Pint of water & 2oz salt mix together add 1lb of peeled white onions or shallots. Leave for 24hours in fridge.

Following day, drain onions and rinse, pack in to jar

Bring to boil, 12 - 14 oz of malt vinegar, a couple of cloves and a pinch of mustard seeds. Allow to cool and then pour over the packed onions.

Screw lid on tight, leave in a cool dark closet or pantry..... Ready to eat in 6 - 8 weeks!

Bobs your uncle!..... did mine last week...can't wait to gobble them up with some ham & Turkey

Oh wonderful! Thank you. My dh bought some the other day and we threw them out they were pathetic. I'll be using this soon.

Sep 26th 2006, 9:09 pm

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My mum used to pickle her onions in the gallon jars too, we were like you and would munch on them all day around Christmas time.

Beside the pickled onions they used to make a kind of sweet and sour relish to go with the cold meat. They made a chiffonade of lettuce leaves and onions and put them in a bowl in layers and sprinkled each layer with a little sugar and let it sit for a while. The sugar drew the liquid fron the lettuce and onions and then they added vinegar, mixed it up a bit and let it steep some more so the stuff had both the sweet and the sour. It was gooooood.