Anyone Watching Britain At War C5 ?

[Bobbisox1]

The parallel of being locked down every day , the boredom is quite astonishing of today with one major difference , no Internet , it's an eye opener of what life was like during the war years

[Gill1941]

Thanks, apc. Hope my son will sort it. Haven't seen him since Boxing Day.
It's difficult coping with this sort of thing when you're on crutches and have limited ability.
Still will get there in the end but I've had better birthdays!

[Apc2604]

I don't remember a national loaf, but I do remember that bread was on the table with all meals and it was normal practice to have a slice of thick bread with dinner. I was born just after the war and remember rationing well.

[Sqad]

I remember having dripping sandwiches during the war,particularly tasty was the dark coloured bits at the bottom.

[Bobbisox1]

That was in the programme JD, said it was very dry to eat also an ingenious way of making butter by vigorously shaking the milk and separating the cream

[Sqad]

Or was it drippin or drippen..lol..?

[Jackdaw33]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Loaf

Another oddity was that bakers were not allowed to sell bread baked the same day. The theory was that it would be slightly less appetising a day later and so people would not eat so much.

[Apc2604]

My grandmother always had a bowl of dripping on hand. I was always in trouble for scooping out the brown jelly from under the fat! I love bread and dripping with salt. Funny how we are such apparently unhealthy food but we were all slim!!

[Peter Pedant]

minoan civilisation
Juamita Ramirez discovering that each generation writes its own history. Evans's mistaken reconstruction has been known about for around fifty years. The colonnade should be an undercroft or something

and Ventris' discovery ( killed in a car accident 1960) was my reading at primary school ( precocious kid) - good Penguin , and omits mention of Bletchley Park.

and Ramirez gives the American a free adoring hand - and does not ask - and what view point are you rewriting history to day ?

[Bobbisox1]

And just look at today's waste!
Back then if the binmen saw any foodstuffs in your bin,you'd be reported to the local council , any food not eaten from a plate went to feed pigs which became a households diet as every part of the animal was edible

[Apc2604]

Gill, I am disabled too and not very mobile. I luckily have a fit husband, but I doubt I could cope on my own. I haven't seen my son more than a few times during lockdown and only outside. Nice to chat will you x

[andres]

. Most women back then were fantastic at spinning food out and making meals out of very little. We went to school with gas masks slung around our necks. Played out as we usually did. Went to the pictures and life went on pretty much as normal. When the sirens sounded we went down to a communal air raid shelter . Listened to the radio and played board games.
We were lucky in our part of Lancashire in that we only had one bomb dropped on our town. It did however land about 50 yards from my auntie's house but thankfully didn't 'go off'. We didn't miss the internet because no-one had even heard of it. There was always something to do and life as I said went on. Never heard anyone moaning .The adults seemed to be much more resilient back then. We had two evacuees and they went to school with us. Dad went off to join the Royal Artillery and ended up helping to man the guns up in the Orkney Isles. He ended up with a burst eardrum and was partially deaf for the rest of his life.
It depended though on where you lived. Some cities and areas were bombed and raised to the ground. People were killed and made homeless. Life was grim for many and I can only speak about my own experiences ,

[Bobbisox1]

What a great insight to what it was like Andres, I was born in 46 although I've always been drawn to look at the war years , perhaps because I was the youngest and my two sisters were 15-17 when I came along ?

[Apc2604]

I too am drawn to the war years and any films of TV programmes about those time. Not so more about the actual war itself (which Mr APC loves) but about life in general. I was born much the same time as Bobbie and the war shaped my childhood. Although I don't every remember any of my relatives who actually participated in the war talking about their experiences. I wish now I had asked more questions, but you don't when you are young.

[andres]

bobbisox -thank you .

[Bobbisox1]

I am fascinated by the sheer endurance the women showed, and by their initiative to eek out food to feed sometimes large families but most of all, they worked together , making a Christmas tree out of chicken wire and hanging Holly on it was another as if to say We won't be beaten

[teacake44]

A lot to be said for buying reduced items in the shops even today, considering the many thousands of adults and children still staving today all over the world. Keep the good work up TC. :0))))))

[Gill1941]

Apc just a quick update. Everything fine now. Drain clogged up with silt and leaves right deep down. Son cleared it out by hand and will keep an eye on it in future. Lots of goodies for birthday so day has ended well.
I'm sure you would cope if you had to. My oh has been dead 3 years.
Sorry to hyjack the thread, bobbi.

[Bobbisox1]

Hijack away ( you're not) you're allowed on your birthday

[Apc2604]

Just another short hijack! Glad to hear all is well Gill. X

[Apc2604]

Just another short hijack! Glad to hear all is well Gill. X

And Bobbie. The Pigs ears in ear wax sauce was delicious last night!