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The War Years

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Jean (Monmouth)

Jean (Monmouth) Report 28 Mar 2008 19:45

They say that in the army
The NCO's are good
but I fell over two of them while walking in the wood!
Oh, I dont want no more of army life,
gee but i wanna go
but they wont let me go , gee they wont let me go
Gee but I wanna go home. and so on
with more verse as you thought of them. Jean

Derrick

Derrick Report 28 Mar 2008 20:48

They say that in this air force
The beds a might fine
But how the hell do they know
They havent slept in mine
But I dont want no more of air force life
Gee mam I want to, but they wont let me
Gee mam I want to go home

MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 5 Apr 2008 13:41

Just nudging so that I can find it without going back hundreds of My Threads

Am now copying and pasting on sheets, 20% done

Mac

Jean (Monmouth)

Jean (Monmouth) Report 5 Apr 2008 19:25

have you got to the point where you need our ages and places, Mac? Jean

MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 7 Apr 2008 20:58

Jean,

I have finished copying and pasteing

tomorrow i am going to copy and paste the memories thread and Thursday I am meeting a young man trying to make his name as a writer, he is a volunteer in the Air Museum Archives, with a view to him producing it as a booklet

I will let you know how it goes

If It doesn't work out, the other option is to find a good (& fast) typist to type it all out on A4 sheets and my son has a new booklet making heat machine as well as the spiral binder machine.

If the second option I will supply anyone with them at cost plus a donation to charity

the first option I will arrange a percentage of the price to go to charity if it it published

I hope everyone is agreeable to that

I want nothing at all from it

and everything will be transparent

Mac

MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 7 Apr 2008 21:21

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MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 8 Apr 2008 17:29

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MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 8 Apr 2008 21:36

Nudge for Lynda

an_angel_on_a_mission

an_angel_on_a_mission Report 13 Apr 2008 21:41

A nudge for a great thread. Born in 1974 live for the 1940's. Why??? I wasn't around but wish i was. I collect war recipes. If anyone has any please post.

Keep the memories comming please.

Chell xx

MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 14 Apr 2008 20:25

Chell, my favourite meal cooked by my Grannie Mac was Bacon & Onion Suet Roll

It was strips of Bacon and onions just rolled up like a Swiss Roll and steamed

She used to live in the same Road and whenever she was cooking it she would cross the grass outside my house and just knock on the window

That was my message to go to her house and make a pig of myself

She did the same when it was Dumpling Stew

Mac

an_angel_on_a_mission

an_angel_on_a_mission Report 20 Apr 2008 23:07

n for Lynda

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 21 Apr 2008 11:01

Chelle,
Google for Woolton Pie,if you haven't already,
The minister of Food gave out this recipe,which was first tried at the Savoy.It consisted of vegetables topped with a potato pastry,and sprinkled with cheese.Very nourishing
Brenda

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 21 Apr 2008 20:25

I remember my Gran used to save coal the coal was put into a coal shed and she would wrap lumps of coal in newspaper and tie it with string and put it round the shelves so the coal man didn't see it lol! Then of course every bit of string or brown paper was collected. Mum only ever made marzipan potatoes as cakes and as for the orange juice we got as kids -- we loved it

Norah

an_angel_on_a_mission

an_angel_on_a_mission Report 21 Apr 2008 21:33

Thanks Brenda for another great idea. Mac has pm me with lots from his childhood. All todays recipes entail you to go to the shop to buy the ingredients. The war recipes were mainly basic garden grown veg with a few luxuries thrown in. I will look in my numerous handwritten recipe books for Woolton pie if not i will google it.
Chell

Jean (Monmouth)

Jean (Monmouth) Report 22 Apr 2008 19:11

I saw dried egg for sale in Tesco's on Monday.
If you wern't feeding a pig or hens all potato peelings used to be dried and burnt on the fire. Tins used to go on as well. All eked out the coal ration. Jean

MacTheOldGeezer

MacTheOldGeezer Report 22 Apr 2008 19:20

My mother never had potato peelings

She just scrubbed the potatoes and cooked them, no waste

Mac

Mazfromnorf

Mazfromnorf Report 22 Apr 2008 20:00

cool this has been revived I love bacon and onion roll my mum used to make it cool maz

an_angel_on_a_mission

an_angel_on_a_mission Report 22 Apr 2008 22:20

Saw in local paper that a school is having a war week, including a war lunch. The paper said it has been brilliant and everyone joined in and the food was good but different to what they serve nowadays.
chell

Mick in the Sticks

Mick in the Sticks Report 23 Apr 2008 07:44

Mac mentioned poptatoes. Does anyone remember POM?

Mazfromnorf

Mazfromnorf Report 23 Apr 2008 14:46

Angel we have war week and menus it is usually well liked because it is good basic food and the kids like itMaz