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- Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:36 pm
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: Wartime Hertford
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17441
I apologise for this mere male invading the girlies site again. Being born in mid-1947, I can just remember the end of rationing. Those funny books with tear-out tickets that my Mother used to guard with her life. The other memory was that FANTASTIC National Health Issue Orange Juice, provided free...
- Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:10 pm
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: Tea & coffee
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11603
Tea bowls
When I first went to CH nearly all the bowls were patterned, but as they got broken they were replaced by plain ones. There were still quite a lot of patterned ones left in 1952, so what did you youngsters do to them?
- Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:04 pm
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: Wartime Hertford
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17441
Sounds like she was no more forthcoming in her 30s than in her 50s. Was it the end of the war? At least we were spared the staff entertaining us. I was only at CH for the last year of the war, but the austerity of the peace was almost as bad. This was in many ways due to Sir Stafford 'misery' Cripp...
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:46 pm
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: New Forum Section - Hertford Memories
- Replies: 483
- Views: 183694
Constance Richardson
Hope I don't regret asking this Q. My wifes aunt (now deceased) taught for a short time at Heartford. Constance Richardson. She had a 1st in physics so I guess she taught Physics. When I new her she was a nun, but that dosen't mean I can help out with the speculation on the limericks thread. Althou...
- Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:48 pm
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: Wartime Hertford
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17441
Wartime Hertford
I seem to have started something by posting about wartime food, and thereby admitting my great age! I joined 1's in 1944, just in time to catch the last mad fling with the V1 and V2 rockets. After we were woken by sirens for several nights running, when we trailed our blankets down to the cellar to ...
- Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:50 pm
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: Hot breakfasts
- Replies: 70
- Views: 20283
Salad dressing
Dressing on salads-you haven't lived until you try the standard (ie every) Sunday lunch between 1944 and 1952. Corned beef, plain boiled potato and winter salad- chopped cabbage,celery and beetroot- with no dressing and no taste. Still we all survived and I did enjoy the economy lunch when rations w...