Liquor and tobacco were sinful extravagances in the forties;
some time in the eighties or nineties I repeated a story I'd
once heard Dad tell about three cigars, and stopped halfway
through: Holy toledo! My father and my grandfather both
*smoked*! I'd never seen them do it, but the pipes in
Our town air raid sirens are also still used as a flood warning, about once
a year they are tested and although I cannot remember the war they still
give me the creeps when they go off.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Our town air raid sirens are also still used as a
flood warning, about once
a year they are tested
On the Oregon coast, sirens like this are used for
sunami warnings. To keep from terrifying the people
during a test, instead of a siren, they broadcast a
cow
What's this about eating the odd worm? I have a long standing attachment
to worms. According to my mother, she had to check my pyama pockets
every night before going to bed, because quite often I would have the
odd worm in there (sometimes other creatures too, we used to play in an
abandoned
Hi Malvary et al,
This made me chuckle!I was born midway in the 40s, and remember the
bikes and accidents well.As well as one of my friends (?) feeding me
poisonous berries to see if they really were poisonous!
But - I was demonstrating in our village last Sunday, and caught up with
Since Jean has raised the topic of rationing peole might be interested in
what was allowed. This info was in a paper recently.
Each person was allowed 16 points per month to use on from whichever food
items were available wanted at the shop they had registered with (and no
other.)
Shops
