Thanks for your comments Chris. I have now added some more photographs of the parade to the album and have sorted them into the order that they would have been...
Dear all, Some of you might perhaps be interested in the following episode of 'Heir Hunters', a BBC series dedicated to finding the heirs of people who have ...
Hi Phil, I saw the programme and thought it very interesting. This series is proving to be a much more enjoyable set of programmes as they are introducing ...
Dianadiluca@...
Jul 17, 2009 11:15 pm
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Hello, Anyone remember this from ITV 1977 ?? http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/373601 Would be great to see that !!...
I can remember watching this and seeing Monty Modlyn interviewing someone in the middle of the market place about the passageways that were said to be under...
I drove past the old Romford Workhouse buildings in Oldchurch Road earlier today and was a quite surprised to see that those lovely old wrought iron gates are...
Ron, It may not have been theft - though that is if course a sad possibility. Simon Dohaghue of the Havering Library service could let you know whether these...
Just off the radar - the name corned beef made me think of the panic
regarding it when it was unsafe when I was growing up. I've never touched it
since. Anyone...
I remember the corned beef scare back in the 60's too. It was because of contaminated stuff from Argentina that had been washed in a river. Even knew a person...
Colin: You can still purchase dried egg powder, here in North America - or a version thereof!. As I recall - faintly! laugh ... I used to love dried eggs....
Got the grey matter going now Peggy! I remember dried potatoes called 'Pom'. I used to like the chocolate powder we were issued with, I even liked the cod...
I remember the Corn beef scare Argentinian Botchulism ???? As a baby my mother fed me Tuna until she found out about the Nuclear Waste around sea of Japan ...
Well Peggy I can confirm Cadbury still make chocolate in the UK and you can visit the factory to see it made. My grandsons went last year.You can still get...
John: Will reply to your basic letter later in the day. When/if you have time, GOOGLE the following Cadburys chocolate production in CHINA?? You will see how...
John: A wee bit more Cadbury info' - Barbara and George Cadbury, the chocolate philanthropist, and their two daughters, moved to Canada, in the 1960s, and set...
John: Many thanks for your detailed reply - which I am sure will interest other folks as well as myself! Many moons back in my late teens, I actually attended...
Hello Mike: No cannot recall POM as such, but do remember dried potatoes ... we still can get a similar product here, and even already cooked and mashed...
I remember seeing saucepans with patches two washers with a nut and bolt them The government during the war asked everybody to give their pots and pans ...
We were using POM in the Army way into the 1970's, if prepared and cooked properly it was rather good. Another use for it was as ground bait in Angling. When...
Anyone remember virol used to get it from the clinic along with the orange
and rosehip. Funny I was only thinking about rose hip syrup today sitting at...
... 'Pom'. I used to like the chocolate powder we were issued with, I even liked the cod liver oil and malt! I used to collect bottles of condensed orange...
The first time I can remember setting sight of my dad was when he was demobed from the army some where around 1946 I was about 7 at the time, but what I do...
Colin: Best thing about that "bread & dripping" was the brownish jelly! Still get that here with a good roast of beef! Crackling off of a pork roast! Mmmm!...
Colin: Great - This is a real memory 'pusher' ... how many children never knew their Dads' till they returned home from the war! Thousands, and you were...
Bread and dripping!!! Yuk! Diana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dianadiluca@...
Aug 16, 2009 7:23 pm
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Hi All, Does anyone know how I can find out what regiment my Dad was in after the war? All I know is he was based at Aldershot and he served in Italy and ...
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