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Things you don’t see anymore (times 2) A 1945 photo of my aunt, wearing a turban and scrubbing her front door step on Queens Grove, Meadows. She dug her heels in and refused to move when the

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Schools given the day off for, 'Empire Day' and if you were lucky enough to get a bowl of tinned fruit to eat, there was always a slice of bread and butter with it and told, 'Eat yer bread and butter'. Does anyone still do this?

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I wish I had kept my boxes when I use to buy matchbox at the local newsagents back in the 60's for 1/6d. I have got a few in boxes of the M of Y.

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#2110 Bread and butter with tinned fruit I love ,Mrs.Swes pet hate as she was forced to eat it when she was little!

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I discovered Bread and Butter and Tinned Fruit in the 1960s. As a teenager I worked with and became good friends with an Aunt. I would go to Clifton for tea once a week, and that is where I first tried it. I love it especially with Delmonte Pears and Carnation Milk. Mmmmm that's breakfast sorted out. :biggrin:

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Always liked to watch their groundbreaking T.V. programmes in the 60s

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