tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post1778399181341494595..comments2024-03-28T05:31:54.092-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: People were tougher then . . .Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-70655015474913781662011-12-22T12:25:26.072-08:002011-12-22T12:25:26.072-08:00I don't know about Mr. B, but I do recall an o...I don't know about Mr. B, but I do recall an old British tv show where the father called for 'more gruel.' Do you know that one?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-34353885418273055392011-12-21T14:38:13.533-08:002011-12-21T14:38:13.533-08:00Like Weaver , I was thinking about poor Mrs Ridd a...Like Weaver , I was thinking about poor Mrs Ridd as well as the Exmoor pony!<br /><br />Wasn`t 1915 the year after a great volcanic eruption on the other side of the world, which caused the severe winter here?Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-78981058927707534802011-12-20T10:49:07.726-08:002011-12-20T10:49:07.726-08:00I think central heating has made us a bit soft. ...I think central heating has made us a bit soft. The farmer talks about the days when every farmer got chilblains as a matter of course. Don's quite know what to think about the thirty stone man. Conjures up all sorts of images I would rather not think about!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-39541982376921723572011-12-20T01:07:08.448-08:002011-12-20T01:07:08.448-08:00Blue Shed - beer so thin you could probably read t...Blue Shed - beer so thin you could probably read the newspaper through it, or else he'd have been dead in a fortnight!<br /><br />Rowan - they were brothers apparently. I'll put a link up.<br /><br />Nan - didn't the odious Mr Barrett of Wimpole Street force Porter (stout) on poor Elizabeth as it would build her up? Yuk!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-59464177661977521952011-12-19T12:04:49.556-08:002011-12-19T12:04:49.556-08:00I've heard people say that beer is beneficial ...I've heard people say that beer is beneficial (or has been thought so), particularly Guinness. I wish I liked beer but just don't like the taste. I love stories of the past like this. I remember one by Donald Hall about an old fellow who ate the same thing every single day. Life is rich and full.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-20427071659103850342011-12-19T12:01:00.367-08:002011-12-19T12:01:00.367-08:00I'm sure that people were tougher in those day...I'm sure that people were tougher in those days though I'm not sure that many could live on 30 pints of beer for even one day let alone 4 months! Though it would have had quite a lot of nutrients in it I suppose. I haven't come across Eric Delderfield before, is he related to R.F.Delderfield?Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-17252622015384877552011-12-19T05:43:14.698-08:002011-12-19T05:43:14.698-08:00I'm sure that would be small beer, made from t...I'm sure that would be small beer, made from the third brewing of the barley, so hardly any alcoholic content.<br /><br />One of the books I have re-read since being stuck at home is Cobbett's Cottage Economy. Lots of sound advice in there, though I disagree most strongly with his opinion of tea.Blue Shed Thinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988028935854371365noreply@blogger.com