tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post1811741736853224707..comments2024-03-28T09:00:16.698-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: The Corner Shop in the late 1950sBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-49398262912669423202019-11-30T11:29:38.552-08:002019-11-30T11:29:38.552-08:00What a trip down memory lane.....I loved Cremola f...What a trip down memory lane.....I loved Cremola foam and there was also Cremola pudding which was a bit like semolina but with a taste of its own and I just loved that....such a shame that they get rid of so many wonderful different foods. Some retailers have bought back some of the old fashioned sweets but they are just not the same.mazda502001https://www.blogger.com/profile/15129109544191734447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-61846135469149658792009-10-03T20:04:47.067-07:002009-10-03T20:04:47.067-07:00I read this soon after you posted and enjoyed, but...I read this soon after you posted and enjoyed, but was feeling "offish" and didn't comment. When I was growing up in Vermont--a few years ahead of you--there were still many "mom and pop" stores with a variety of goods. The supermarkets, such as they were in the 1950's, were a drive away to the nearest bigger town. My grandfather preferred an old time market which had rented "freeze lockers" in the back. After butchering in the fall, he took in meat to be packaged and stored in the freezer bins to which he had a key. <br />By the mid 60's the chain markets dominated the scene, but there was always the village store for emergencies, or in our case, for custom cut meats. The US has seen a resurgence of small specialty shops which are fun, but pricey and too often there is a conscious effort at reproducing "Ye Ole Country Store."Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-1926302653391960422009-10-03T03:31:18.833-07:002009-10-03T03:31:18.833-07:00Hullo BB,
See the self administered '...Hullo BB,<br /> See the self administered ' for medicinal purposes only' you mentioned in your comment never did the trick. Shame! Still, perseverance is a wonderful thing.<br /><br />I recognised some of the photos as I stopped with my brother at the Beamish museum earlier in the year when we had our 'boys time' few days away holiday to the airfields of Lincolnshire. <br /><br />Actually he thought we were going to a beer museum and I never let on that Beamish wasn't about the brewery of the same name.<br /><br />Ref TV of the 50's<br /><br />Rag, Tag and Bobtail and Tales of the Riverbank for me although I was only a baby in the 50's.<br /><br />The mention of the old money always make me think of a rhyme I learned as a kid.<br /><br />'Mary had a big steel cow<br /> She milked it with a spanner<br /> The milk came out in shilling tins<br /> And little uns for a tanner'<br /><br />Better soon.<br /><br />regards.....Al.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-87061474248519186192009-10-03T00:24:04.691-07:002009-10-03T00:24:04.691-07:00Good morning and I am glad that this nostalgic pos...Good morning and I am glad that this nostalgic post (I was wallowing in it yesterday) has evoked happy memories in you all. <br /><br />Angie - I think you've hit the nail on the head there with no change for a long time, then suddenly complete and utter change (for the worse now - who could predict that Supermarkets would have so much power?).<br /><br />DW - Of course, you lived right by those same Market Gardens. I can remember going out to Stubbington, and there were stalls all along the side of the road selling fruit and veg, fresh and as locally grown and untravelled as it comes! Pick Your Own - when we were in Dorset there were lots of PYO farms but when we moved here nothing, so I HAD to grow my own soft fruit from the day we arrived.<br /><br />Nancy - whilst your American candies were probably a good bit different to ours (Hershie bars never cut the mustard over here!) happy memories all the same. Off to your blog now.<br /><br />Elizabeth - it is probably the arrival of autumn, of change, and the gloomy news which has provoked these strolls down Memory Lane. I look forward to your post too.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-62629838817527108902009-10-02T16:53:25.341-07:002009-10-02T16:53:25.341-07:00So many memories that are just like mine but I can...So many memories that are just like mine but I can remember sweets still on ration except Imperial mints ...not sure why???? The thing I find interesting is how little things changed from our child hood and back to our parents. My mum wrote an accout of shopping when she was young and many of her memories in the 1920's, were similar to your discriptions of your corner shop in the late 50's. I think it was the birth of the Supermarket that changed everything dramatically and then in the last decade ....www.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177505346903016669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-89167768484075042292009-10-02T14:52:37.256-07:002009-10-02T14:52:37.256-07:00You have sent me back to my home village, not a mi...You have sent me back to my home village, not a million miles from yours.....Did you have liquorice strings with free rings threaded onto them? Once a week I would buy one of these and the metal ring, shining with its glass or plastic jewel, would be another precious addition to my cardboard "jewel box". I didn`t really like liquorice so I expect Mum ate that when I had gone to bed!<br /><br />I too remember the acres of strawberry fields of southern Hampshire. The early days of Pick Your Own and the bliss of eating as many as you could while you picked....Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-57640245485237450412009-10-02T14:23:00.337-07:002009-10-02T14:23:00.337-07:00I was there, too. Well, HERE, I mean. I love try...I was there, too. Well, HERE, I mean. I love trying to remember the glass case in the local candy store. I can see it now, and remember even the smell of it.<br />Beautiful stuff!<br />I answered your Zetti question on Wings of the Morning. Hope you are very well soon. Did you get your flu shot?<br />Nancynancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587048072191384586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-46066885799839893342009-10-02T14:21:21.261-07:002009-10-02T14:21:21.261-07:00I enjoyed your trip down memory lane. Funny thing,...I enjoyed your trip down memory lane. Funny thing, I'm writing a post at this very moment for next weeks blog about my own trip down memory lane! Must be something in the air? Nice to see I'm not the only one wandering down this lane :)<br />~ER~Elizabeth Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910474336835656519noreply@blogger.com