Oztalgian 3,271 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Benjamin 1945 #3307 Your comment "On a Monday" caused a flashback to the time when I was a nipper in the late 50's early 60's. We did not need a calendar at our house as you knew what day it was by what we had for tea, essentially the same menu with minor variations due to seasonable availability. We were very lucky as my granddad had an allotment and grew all sorts of vegetables, he also kept chooks and pigs. Monday - Cold meat (left over from Sunday) with chips and beans. Tuesday - A stew or casserole with vegies Wednesday - Liver, Onion and Bacon, mashed potatoes and vegies Thursday - Steak or chops with potato and vegetables Friday - Fish, Chips and peas (mushy or fresh) Saturday - Fry up - Bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes and the best bit, fried bread with lashings of HP sauce. Sunday - Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, potatoes and vegetables, very occasionally Lamb or Pork. No real memories of puddings as I do not like sweet foods but did enjoy apple pie made with Bramley apples and a piece of really sharp Cheddar cheese. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Here! Free collective bargaining. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Good name for a Cockerel, Margie. I assume he ended up Kentucky fried. I'll get me coat. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Oztalgian (#3312), After reading your post I'm about to make my wife and I a sandwich. Thanks for making me feel like I'm starving. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 #3294 Michael we had one similar to that but before then we had a Servis washtub with an electric mangle and an AGITATOR anyone remember them? From memory I think it was a green speckled paint job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I really must start to learn english again. Words that havent been used in english for years , I've forgotten. I know it happens in old age to forget things that happened or was said 5 minutes ago but this is ridiculus. Should be called things you dont say anymore! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 We still have things in the house that you don't see any more. Wooden door latches. Huge padlock with front door key that you could club a burglar with. Pantry with brick thralls. Meat hooks on the dining room beams. Herringbone wood block floor in front room. Quarry tiles on tar and sand in dining room and pantry (not the slightest hint of damp). A pair of wooden pincers (were mam's) hanging behind the laundry door, Stone door weights, scythe stones, bits of clay pipes and hobbing irons littered about outside. A well with pump. Open cast iron fire places in bedrooms and sitting room. We did have a fireplace traverse and stewpot but they are now in our outside kitchen in France. We are surrounded with domestic history. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 PeverilPeveril#3316 It sounds wonderful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 You could be living in my house.we also have a well big old carved front door, hooks from ceiling that we didnt remove when renovating.brick vaultered ceilings everywhere even in bathroom,walls 60cm thick.Warm in winter , cool in summer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I forgot to mention the soft water tank that is under the driveway, just outside the kitchen window. This is a solid stone chamber 3' x 6' x 5' high with brick vaulted roof. This was used to collect rainwater for washing because the well water was so hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 This is the date on our lounge ceiling. Some more photos following when I've sorted them 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Religious symbols used on old farmhouses this one to represent work in plenty This one is the hand of the previous owner when he was 12 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Matey bubble bath? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 #3321: We had a worktop water softener for a while in the early 60s. If I recall correctly, it was connected to the tap by a pipe and the water was softened by filtering through a salt pile within the stainless steel case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Terrible washing machines like these! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Aspidistra's in the 'Parlour'............oh and a 'Piano' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redbowen 131 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Ithought you were going to mime to Gracie Fields then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 No redbowen,........me Grandma used to sing that........while sat in a tin Bath playing the Accordian............lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Elf & safety you may get a splinter on your tongue, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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loppylugs 8,427 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 3328. I do. Used to gerrem at the pictures. Gal would come out with 'em in a tray round her neck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 3325. We've still got a piano in the parlor. Electronic though, not one of those big old uprights that nobody could lift. Got an organ as well. Can't find an Aspidestra though. Do they still make 'em? :-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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