ilkolad 9 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 County hall, The cricket ground, and remains of the old Trent Bridge, are all this side of the river! how did it get its name 'bread and lard island' ? did they really take their sandwiches to work in violin cases ? . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayagorawiya? 4 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 I on't Know about the violin case, perhaps that was the bods going to the Becket School? I undestood that the folks over the river lived in big expensive houses and consequently had to survive on Bread and Lard. We in the Meadows with more modest abodes could afford dripping for our toast! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 I on't Know about the violin case, perhaps that was the bods going to the Becket School? I undestood that the folks over the river lived in big expensive houses and consequently had to survive on Bread and Lard. We in the Meadows with more modest abodes could afford dripping for our toast! Yer mekkin me mouf water...Pork dripping on toast "wiv" the jelly..Hmmmmmm Yep, thats the answer, houses were expensive on that side of the river and loads of folk wanted to look better than them on the "tother" side of the river, hence bread and lard island! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Pork dripping on toast "wiv" the jelly..Hmmmmmm Think I'm gonna throw up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Most people grew up eating bread and dripping after WW2 but nowaday's people are too posh to eat that sort of stuff. Oh, must go, my ham salad sandwich has just arrived...lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Bread & dripping? Lovely......with a bit of salt!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Think I'm gonna throw up! Ah but it took 8 years before the thought of toast and dripping made you feel queasy ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Had plenty of bread and beef dripping in my younger years, particularly sandwiches when going fishing. But the best was hot toast and dripping with salt or pepper....my mouth is watering with the memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Absolutely nothing wrong with bread and dripping; wished I could still indulge in my mature years but have to watch the fat and salt these days - Oh so boring! Still the memories remain: Pork dripping with jelly, spread on lovely, fresh, soft, white bread and liberally sprinkled with salt. Or back to the 50's at great grandma's and toast made on the range, then spread with beef dripping and a sprinkling of salt on the top; I can taste the beefiness even as I write of the brown jelly. Served with a hot cup of tea - a splash of Stera to give that extra treat - yummy, yummy, yummy. PS: Why should I ever want to escape my working class origins? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Jackson, that sounds so nice...and the memories! p.s....no, never forget your roots, it's what made you, you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I still eat bread and dripping now and then, my missus just about pukes, these yanks have no sense of taste....LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Dripping on toast yes please. But how about a bit of black pudding to go with the bacon butties? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 But how about a bit of black pudding to go with the bacon butties? Isn't that a filthy Lancashire habit, inappropriate on a genteel Nottingham based website? (Sorry, but I can say this against myself as my grandad was born in Burnley - leaving my own Nottinghamshire credentials a bit suspect!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Black puddings used in the Lancashire martial art of eckey thump Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I still eat bread and dripping now and then, my missus just about pukes, these yanks have no sense of taste....LOL Try her with a plate of Cow Heel, Tripe & Chitterlings........................that'll settle her stomach !clapping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Try her with a plate of Cow Heel, Tripe & Chitterlings........................that'll settle her stomach !clapping! .....in a bucket! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curly99 2 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Still the memories remain: Pork dripping with jelly, spread on lovely, fresh, soft, white bread and liberally sprinkled with salt. Or back to the 50's at great grandma's and toast made on the range, then spread with beef dripping and a sprinkling of salt on the top; I can taste the beefiness even as I write of the brown jelly. Served with a hot cup of tea - a splash of Stera to give that extra treat - yummy, yummy, yummy. PS: Why should I ever want to escape my working class origins? Though only a few years later (early 70's) we did/had the same at my Grandma's, I remember sitting with the toasting fork in front of the fire.. it was also the only place I had tea made with sterilised milk, can you still get it?Curly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stoffell 2 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 West bridgeford --short hop from the Medders, home with a jumper full of pears, apples and goosgogs(goosberrys) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Curly: I believe you can still buy sterilised milk; the last time I saw bottles for sale was in 'Heron Foods', Bulwell - not so long back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 'Stera' YUK!! my mam always got it for me dad, still remember the nasty 'skin' that formed on it...............................apparently due to the proteins formed when it was heated, otherwise it wouldn't keep well & we had no fridges then, only the cold slab in the pantry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bilpol47 0 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 'Stera' YUK!! my mam always got it for me dad, still remember the nasty 'skin' that formed on it...............................apparently due to the proteins formed when it was heated, otherwise it wouldn't keep well & we had no fridges then, only the cold slab in the pantry. and condensed milt nestles of course my mum used to have it in her tea and i,d nick a spoonfull Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 or a bucket of cold water . never liked stra in our house only had it if we ran out and shop only had that left, but i still love a drink of cold milk but i always loved the channel ilands milkor gold top as it was called by most , we used to have 2 pints a day delivered as well as 4 pints of silver top, no wonder milkman liked comming to our house for his money at the end of the week. but there were 8 of us and all the nieghbours who came in and out all day for cups of tea carnt remember my mum ever having a cold tea pot. pluss in the winter we always had good fires. so they all came to our houseto save coal till there husbands and kids got in at night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Lovely memories, babs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 I remember nabbing the cream that rose to the top of the bottle. That was if the Blue Tits had not hammered through the foil top and drunk it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Talking of milk bottle tops, can anybody remember the school yard game after drinking your 1/3 of a pint of milk?? You would take the silver foil top and with the tip of your index finger on the inside of the bottle top lip and the tip of your middle finger on the outer side, you would flick your fingers open and the bottle top would fly through the air for some distance. This game had two variations from memory, either the longest distance or, landing your top in a circle marked on the ground. This was popular at the RoT infant school for a time in the 50s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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