Simpler time



Im a child of the 50s - but only just. 1955.

We had dripping and bread. The variety came from how stale thre bread was.

Only my elder brothers were allowed the meat from which the dripping was derived.

Vegetables hadn’t been invented except for turnip and potato.
 
Im a child of the 50s - but only just. 1955.

We had dripping and bread. The variety came from how stale thre bread was.

Only my elder brothers were allowed the meat from which the dripping was derived.

Vegetables hadn’t been invented except for turnip and potato.
 
Apart from Indian food, pasta, salad cream, flavoured crisps, garlic & olive oil (all of which were around in the '50s) it was an interesting read.
It’s not that they didn’t exist, but they rarely made it to the dinner tables of your typical pit village kid back then. I remember my poor Mam, bless her, going to some cooking classes and made something she was obviously very proud of with sweet peppers in. We just spat it out in disgust.
 
It’s not that they didn’t exist, but they rarely made it to the dinner tables of your typical pit village kid back then. I remember my poor Mam, bless her, going to some cooking classes and made something she was obviously very proud of with sweet peppers in. We just spat it out in disgust.
Aye, the North East is a bit of a backwater like, still can't get a decent French stick in Sunderland, :( and I miss me French stick And I dont mean this veriety
"Va te faire foutre bâtard anglais"
 
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Aye, the North East is a bit of a backwater like, still can't get a decent French stick in Sunderland, :( and I miss me French stick And I dont mean this veriety
"Va te faire foutre bâtard anglais"
whey i didnt think you meant pepe le peu`s lovewand mind :lol:
 
I’m calling foul on the only crisps being salted bit mind.

Otherwise pretty accurate
61-63 My mum used to take me to work cleaning pubs when I was little. Plain crisps with a little blue bag of salt only.
I remember about 67 you could buy some type of beef flavoured chip sticks, loved em.. @Teed

Apart from Indian food, pasta, salad cream, flavoured crisps, garlic & olive oil (all of which were around in the '50s) it was an interesting read.
Possibly in the odd house but I would say 95%+ of households didn't use the foreign muck (until they went to benidorm)

It’s not that they didn’t exist, but they rarely made it to the dinner tables of your typical pit village kid back then. I remember my poor Mam, bless her, going to some cooking classes and made something she was obviously very proud of with sweet peppers in. We just spat it out in disgust.
Haha! Remember the first time my mam put herbs in the gravy .. The look on me dad's face. :lol:
 
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It’s not that they didn’t exist, but they rarely made it to the dinner tables of your typical pit village kid back then. I remember my poor Mam, bless her, going to some cooking classes and made something she was obviously very proud of with sweet peppers in. We just spat it out in disgust.
:lol::lol::lol:

100% spot on post.

Possibly in the odd house but I would say 95%+ of households didn't use the foreign muck (until they went to benidorm)


Haha! Remember the first time my mam put herbs in the gravy .. The look on me dad's face. :lol:

99%+
 
Possibly in the odd house but I would say 95%+ of households didn't use the foreign muck (until they went to benidorm)
Foreign muck was a phrase my dad always used as well.

I remember coming back home one time and made a lasagne. Proud as punch I was as I put it on the table only for my dad to ask “where’s the chips?” :lol:
 
Off twat book but all true..

If you love food but were a child of the 60’s you should remember most of this;
* Pasta had not been invented. * "Kebab" was not even a word, never mind a food. * Curry was an unknown entity. Indian restaurants were only found in India. * The only vegetables were spuds, peas, carrots, turnip, cauliflower and cabbage. Mange tout and Pak choi were made up words. Chilli was in South America and scotch bonnets were worn by old ladies in Aberdeen.* A take-away was a mathematical problem. * A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.* Oil was for lubricating your bike chain not for cooking.* Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet.*Spice went in Christmas cakes (and so did peel, Yuk).* Herbs were used to make medicine I think.* All crisps were plain.* All soft drinks were called pop. * Coke was something that we put on the fire, we never drunk it and we certainly didn’t sniff it. * Ginger beer burnt your lips off, when you stopped drinking. * Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner. * A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining. * A microwave was science fiction * Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves. The tea-cosy was the forerunner of all energy saving devices. Tea had only one flavour, it was tea flavoured * Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one ever ate them. * Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town. * Mayonnaise was called Salad cream* Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake. * Dinner consisted of what we were given, and not negotiable. * Only Heinz made baked beans.* Leftovers went in the dog. * Sauce was either brown or red. * Eating raw fish was called madness, not sushi. * The only ready meals came from the fish and chip shop. * Frozen food was called ice cream. * Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one. * None of us had ever heard of yoghurt. * Brunch was not a meal. * Cheese only ever came in a hard lump.
* If we had eaten bacon, lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified insane. * Eating outside was called a picnic not Al Fresco. * Seaweed was not a recognised food. * Eggs were not called ‘free range’ they just were, and the shells were white. * Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday - it was compulsory. * The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond our realms of comprehension. * The term "oven chips" would not have made any sense at all. * We bought milk and cream at the same time, in the same bottle, before you gave it a shake.* Prunes were purely medicinal. * Pineapples only came in chunks in a tin.* We didn't eat Croissants because we couldn't pronounce them, we couldn't spell them, and we didn't know what they were. * for Baguettes (see Croissants). * Garlic was used to ward off vampires in films, but never to be eaten. * Water came out of the tap; if someone had suggested bottling it and charging for it
they would have been locked up.


Sounds like an absolutely shite time to be alive to me.
 
61-63 My mum used to take me to work cleaning pubs when I was little. Plain crisps with a little blue bag of salt only.
I remember about 67 you could buy some type of beef flavoured chip sticks, loved em.. @Teed
I lived in Pennywell for just over a year, 62\63 and I remember the grocery van (Blenkies I think?) at the time sold the new OXO crisps, not being a big crisp eater I don't remember any other flavours then.

Sounds like an absolutely shite time to be alive to me.
Well you'd be wrong, it was a brilliant exicting time.
 

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