General Chat

Found this site while 'scratting' around, More Macs stamping ground thn mine

Snowie

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/44/a8883444.shtml

I think most of the old sweets are still about, but chocolate has changed. I loved sherbet lemons. We also bought lemonade powder and licked it up off our hands. What about ovaltine tablets and Horlick tablets, school milk, sherbet dabs. I can remember licking dried milk powder as well, and condensed milk on a buttie. All the things I musnt touch now! Jean

Easter Egg chocolate certainly tasted and smelled differently from today's

Brenda, my mum used to do that to clean her pillows, but she washed the ticking, I don't remember her ever making new ones.... but then I can't remember everything!!

I have not been able to find this thread for such a long time and I love it.

I too remember the tooth paste BLOCK... it was pink wasn't it?

All the songs, are in there... in my memory, all sung with my my parents, grandparents, and the soldiers..
I remember my childhood with so much fondness.
I remember the first song I ever learned at school in Perth, Scotland just before we went to Germany... 5 years old, and I loved it.

I AM A LIITLE DUTCH GIRL
I LIVE IN HOLLAND..

HOLLAND IS THE PLACE WHERE WE DANCE AND SING..

CLIP CLPPA, CLOP CLOPPA
LITTLE WOODEN SHOES

CLIP CLOPPA CLOP CLOPPA
LITTLE WOODEN SHOES....

I can even still do the little dance that goes with it ............ but I don't look so CUTE any more.... ;-0)

*They don't write songs like they used to any more... do they?* ha ha ha

Deanna X

The silliest song I can think of was "Mares eat Oats and Does eat oats and little Lambs eat Ivy, A diddely Ivy do wouldn't you oo" "a Diddely Ivy Do wouldn't you"

Ridiculous, but everybody was singing it in the war

Mac

How about
Ashby de la Zouch Castle Abbey

Snowie

School Patriotic songs
We were taught a translated version of the French National anthem La Marsellaise

For the Canadians it was The Maple Leaf and naturally for the Australian forces it was Waltzing Matilda

We had some Polish soldiers in the area. I didnt realise then but suspect now that the following song was intended to be a Polish patriotic song. It went

In Poland stands an Inn, In Poland stands an Inn
In Poland stands a Polish Inn and there the people all go in
But never do they pay a pin they do not pay a pin

A maid stands at the door, a maid stands at the door
A maid stands at the open door and never reckons up the score
But gives you more and more
But gives you more and more

Snowie

I think we have probably exhausted peoples memories on here by now so I will have to start compiling all the stories

And hope to be still alive by the time I am finished

BIG JOB

Mac

Mac
Phillosan (spelling) fortifies the over forties !!!

Snowie

Another 8 years and I will have to double the dose Snowie

My problem is I have abused this body throughout my life with extra strenuous activities and its about to expire soon I think

Mac

You havent died until you stop breathing, and there are always miracles. At least you have used your time and not lazed about. Jean

powdered eggs which you can still buy. got some in my cupboard tried it one time in a recipe but it was awful.
x lubby

Deanna,
Pillow ticking would have to be waxed after it had been washed if you wanted to use it again,or else the feathers would leak like mad.
I bought feather proof ticking for mine.
A friend of mine has just bought 2 down pillows and a double down duvet....cost in a SALE........£300
Can you imagine our parents comprehending that!!
hope you've not all got rid of your feather eiderdowns!
Brenda

Mac

I do hope this thread hasn't come to an end, it is the first thread I read when I log on, it has been so interesting. Hopefully new posters will add to it in the future, as well as the regular ones. I;ve really enjoyed reading it. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to it. I hope to be doing something with the stories on here, will let everyone know when I do.
Thanks again.

Lynda

Me too Mac..... another one of the songs which was sung all the time by the adults.

I remember an awful lot of singing when I was a child... I think that is what kept everyone going.

I remember the Waltzing Matilda, but not the Polish song.
We had Italian soldiers as POW's... they made us toys, but if they sang to us I can't remember.

Brenda, she probably did, but I would not remember. I would most likely have got bored after the feathers were released .... ;-0) and gone off to play with my dolls.

Mac you can start to compile this if you need to.... but don't say it is finished yet!

I keep remembering things, and so do others.

Deanna X

Now you see Lubby, we had that as children and it was just *scrambled eggs* to us!

My sister and I loved them.
I can't eat eggs so would not be able to eat it now.. but we are all so spoiled for choice these days.
Deanna X

I bought some dried egg a few years ago now,but it was nothing like the stuff we used to get in the war years.
I think then it came from America to help us out on the "Lend lease system"
The stuff you can get now is probably freeze dried,and of course ordinary eggs don't have the flavour they used to have as all chickens could roam free.Also I believe it was made from only the yolks.
It made lovely cakes.
My mum used to get Blackcurrant puree in a tin that was very concentrated and delicious.She got it from the chemist in place of the orange juice that children were allowed.Wish I could get it now.
Brenda x x

I can remember on holiday going Potato picking at Marshall's farm at Whickham near Gateshead for some pocket money to go to the Spanish City at Whitley Bay

Also collecting Rose Hips to sell to the company that made Rose Hip Syrup for babies

Can't remember how much I was paid, but it wasn't much

Mac

The following is part of a wartime song. What was the singer missing

"They won't let me lie in bed until noon. At five forty five they play me a tune

Careful Mac 'cos we'll have you sing it it for us

Snowie

Cant remember the words, but it was sung by someone who just wanted to get back to civvy street and out of the forces.Might have been 'I'm going to murder the bugler' Jean