Eating in 1950's Britain

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Fergus OMore:
1950- sweets were still on the ration. I recall bribing my flight home for Christmas 1949 from Hendon to Dishforth with a quarter pound Dairy Box from the Naafi. It also got me home on a bomb trailer from Dishforth to Newcastle.
Anyone recall the RAF staple 'bung' which was cheese and potato pie with 'pink lint' or beetroot, sliced before boiling.
Then there was Joe Lyons fruit pies with custard made with saccharines.

Any one recall Australian tinned jack rabbit and ship's biscuits?

And tea and a wad was tuppence from the Naafi. My mate 'weight dropped to 77 pounds and I got him another shilling a day in a promotion exam for food. He's still alive and has never forgotten.

1950 was the time of the film Morning Departure with John Mills( yes, John) and we took a Devon out of workshops to try to help the real submarine HMS Truculent rammed off off Sheerness. VP-981 became the hack to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
She's still airworthy.

Cheers
from Corporal Atkinson N
Tech Wing Hendon

( I was)

DaveH:
Peter,
Brilliant :thumbup: :clap:

I remember bread and dripping :Doh:
A banana was thinly sliced and placed between two buttered pieces of bread - that was Sunday tea.
Also some funny biscuits called arrowroot or something that would fall to pieces when dipped in ones tea :doh:
:beer:
DaveH

Stilldrillin:
Thanks Peter!
Some memories there.

I remember my pal, heading to the village shop, with his precious, (tissue type, paper) sweet coupon in his hand...... And the gentle summer breeze wafting it up high above his head!

Never since, has a 7 year old jumped so high.......

David D

Deko:
From the mid 50s to the mid 60s i was with various skiffle and pop groups, and we could only ever find places to eat in the big cities after we had finished the show. It was only the big cities where you could sometimes find a chinese (never an indian) restaurant. When we got famous and started staying in top hotels we thought our hunger would be sated , WRONG !!! if you got back to the hotel after 8pm your only chance was to bung the night porter a few bob to make some sandwiches. It was quite a shock when we went to the USA and we could order a three course meal from room service 24/7. :drool:

Cheers Dek.

Fredbare:
Best laugh I've had all week.
We used to get our cockels,winkels and jellied eels from man pushing a barrow around the streets, but only on Sundays, dont know what elf and safety would say about that now. Thanks for showing Peter.

John

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