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    Quote Originally Posted by Manny Decker View Post
    I had a British council house upbringing, my mother was very Victorian in her ways. We didn’t eat “foreign muck” as she used to call it in our house, that meant rice, spaghetti or any pasta, wasn’t served. Only proper English food was served up, as a child for breakfast on a Monday morning (school day) I had beef dripping on hot toast, a swig of milk from the pantry as we didn’t have a fridge.
    on an evening it was chips, mash, or bubble and squeak, sausages, eggs, baked beans, my diet didn’t change much until I moved out at 19.
    Sounds horrid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Sounds horrid.
    Yes! Looking back it was rather bleak, but in those days on our council estate we didn’t know any better, born at the back end of the 50s we had nothing, all the neighbours had nothing. My father was the first to own a car on my street, I was a superstar for a while until someone else’s parent had a land line phone installed.
    On Sunday lunch I remember my mother alternated in succession what roast to cook, beef,chicken,lamb, or pork.
    Also between cooking and washing my mother was forever ironing... I have nightmares of my childhood... I’m not kidding.
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    I remember my elder brother starting work at an engineering factory, he was an apprentice tool maker operator. He followed my father for being impeccably dressed, he was four years older than me, his idea of getting a suit was to have it made to his choosing at a tailors, leather hand made brogues.
    Of course after spending his money on clothes the poor bugger was always skint and of course stole money from my mothers purse, if I told on him I’d have been beaten severely.
    When he did have money he’d go out with his mates, he’d come home with a Chinese takeaway, my mother wouldn’t have it in the house as she didn’t like the smell, he’d eat it outside by the coal bunker.
    Of course he’d not offer me a taste, I’d be fascinated, I’d not seen foreign muck before.
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    My Mom was an excellent cook, I grew up on healthy food, none of my friends ever wanted to come over and play ("carrot and celery sticks for a snack? $#@! that!") I would always try to go to my friends houses to play, for the good Hostess/Drakes snacks LOL

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