Do you remember?
- Bob Whysman
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29 March 2020 10:52362093I thought that starting this thread might provide some food for thought during the current crisis and maybe get away from Brexit for a while!
Whilst I was out walking the dog this morning It was eerily quiet. I passed the dairy which has been disused for some years now and passed field after field completely devoid of any livestock.
When I arrived back home I mentioned this to my wife who was preparing the lunch and she said, “look, this is unusual too this chicken was produced in the U.K.”
In years gone by none of the above would have been worthy of mention as the existence of our agricultural industry was something we all took for granted.
After joining the Common Market this changed in many ways as our farmers succumbed to the rules which gradually eroded their business.
They began to accept subsidies for hedge cutting and other non food producing activities which benefited farmers in Europe to the detriment of our own food industry.
Then the term ‘food mountain’ came to mind..........my long term memory still functions well it seems and my wife is still talking to me!
https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-20361.html
https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-hidden-milk-price-lake-threatens-fragile-market-eu-commission/
Jan Higgins likes thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Jan Higgins
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29 March 2020 11:22362094"They began to accept subsidies for hedge cutting and other non food producing activities which benefited farmers in Europe to the detriment of our own food industry."
Luckily our farmers are now beginning to look after hedges and verges to the benefit of wildlife, therefore more birds eating the bugs which in theory means less chemical pollution of the countryside.Brian Dixon and Pablo like this-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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30 March 2020 14:34362109Yes Jan, it’s great for the environment but if the birds eat all the bugs what are we going to have to eat..........maybe fresh vegetables and fruit grown in the at present fallow fields and hopefully some home produced meat for the carnivores amongst us?
Jan Higgins likes thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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4 May 2020 18:46362572The TV documentary last night on VE celebrations, I suspect, brought back memories for many who were children at the time.
I certainly remember the street party we had in Marshall Street Folkestone with tables end to end in the middle of the street!
Another extract from my ‘Looking back’ musings:
The Daily Mail has highlighted VE Day online today too which may be of interest to some:
https://mol.im/a/8284659Reginald Barrington and Brian Dixon like thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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10 May 2020 12:13362668I took these way back when cameras used rolls of film which you either had to send away to get them developed or use a darkroom, (usually under the stairs), indoors!
Taken in Dover 1962:
Taken in Folkestone 1957:
Do nothing and nothing happens. - 20 September 2020 14:11365003General discussion
- Bob Whysman
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20 September 2020 14:17365004Sue Nicholas wrote:Bob Oh you are so funny .Yes I was a teenager in the fifties lots of Americans in East Anglia .Some of the posters on here have never lived in that era .Those were the days my friend .When I’m created a Dame I shall be called Sylvia again .
Some of my fellow Councillors used to say when I was chairing meetings I only had to give one look .
Funny funny Sue or funny ha ha. Not sure I can recall a pantomime with a Dame Sylvia as part of the cast. Never had you down as a candidate for treading the boards, but if you must, it would be a shame not to be able to utilise your vast array of hats.
Wasn’t there a part for a hat wearer in Alice in Wonderland?
‘Those were the days my friend.’ Here it is again:-
As for ‘Just one look,’ whatever!
Perhaps others on this forum have memories of songs from the past still lurking in the background?Do nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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20 September 2020 14:18365005Sue Nicholas wrote:General discussion
You got here first Sue!Do nothing and nothing happens. - 20 September 2020 15:53365008I love those songs .The one Look was the look I gave when then Councillors we’re not paying attention .On other occasions when I could relax I used to find it amusing to fix a smile on my face and make eye contact until the male in question turned away..
Naughty I know but good fun .made meetings go quicker.Bob Whysman likes this - Keith Sansum1
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21 September 2020 06:53365011Never noticed any of that Sue so must have been good lol .
I recall the street party arranged in Westbury road
Great turn out great atmosphere .
I also recall one of the residents living in Westbury road who opposed the early starts of heavy machinery going through her road to build the now known Westbury heights.
This same lady sat in the road in front of the gigantic lorries to stop them starting work until the agreed 0730 time and succeeded
I remember the tiny cobblers shop in Ethelbert rd?
In tower Hamlets
Cor really showing my age lol .ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 21 September 2020 08:15365013That’s good re the lady in Westbury Road
- Weird Granny Slater
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21 September 2020 09:39365015Keith Sansum1 wrote:I remember the tiny cobblers shop in Ethelbert rd?
In tower Hamlets
Indeed. Stuey or Stuart, possibly? A dark, leathery jumble of lasts and stitchings. A hint of apprehension. One of the old magic places that made an adventure of the now dull routine of exchange.'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Bob Whysman
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28 September 2020 16:26365203QUOTE="Reginald Barrington"]Not quite, 5 am runs up and down the hill to Sandgate in preparation for a day on the ranges, a lovely week in early December fondly? remembered.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE="Vic Matcham"]No heating only a old coke fire at the bottom of the room when you lit up the smoke nearly killed you
[/QUOTE]
Gosh! You really had it tough! It was luxurious life for some of us in the 50’s.
After a stint in the Brecons we could look forward to the comforts of these unheated ‘sheds,’ which during the Winter I was there, were constantly wet inside too:
Life improved even further when we were overseas as the accommodation had natural air conditioning.
We also had non-sweet toilets which we shared with many whiskery, long tailed, four legged
residents.
Sometimes we would stay up all night waiting to meet any unwelcome visitors who we had to greet in a loud voice, in three different languages, before helping them on their way!
This charmed life was known as National Service..............Reginald Barrington and The Gov like thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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13 October 2020 21:44365550Remember this one?
Andy B and Jan Higgins like thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Keith Sansum1
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14 October 2020 08:40365555I remember Andy Pandy before they modernised itJan Higgins likes thisALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Jan Higgins
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14 October 2020 09:03365556Keith Sansum1 wrote:I remember Andy Pandy before they modernised it
Keith, are you coming out to play?
I agree the original Andy Pandy together with Looby Lou and Teddy were much better.
More worryingly I remember Listen With Mother before we got a TV for the Coronation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Bob Whysman
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17 October 2020 20:39365689Remember the seaside postcards from years ago?
I found this page on the ‘Folkestone then and now’ site -
http://www.warrenpress.net/FolkestoneThenNow/SaucyPostcards.html
http://www.warrenpress.net/FolkestoneThenNow/FolkestoneThen_Now.html
Jan Higgins and Brian Dixon like thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - 17 October 2020 21:15365690Those made me laugh Bob
