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When i was a kid Leeds Market used to stay open untill very late on Christmas eve.Thats when you could buy fruit and poultry at a reduced price thats if you had the money our chicken used to come in a tin.Mum used to pay into a club every week so she could put something on the table at Christmas.When i hear some people moan about the cost of liveing now it makes my blood boil they dont know how lucky they are.But then of course the cost of a fourty two inch telly plus surround sound runs into big money and they cant live without that can they.Now you have set me off again Bah Humbug.
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tilly wrote: When i was a kid Leeds Market used to stay open untill very late on Christmas eve.Thats when you could buy fruit and poultry at a reduced price thats if you had the money our chicken used to come in a tin.Mum used to pay into a club every week so she could put something on the table at Christmas.When i hear some people moan about the cost of liveing now it makes my blood boil they dont know how lucky they are.But then of course the cost of a fourty two inch telly plus surround sound runs into big money and they cant live without that can they.Now you have set me off again Bah Humbug. Whooah there Tilly...........! Steady, leave it.I'm with you there. Who set you off, I was just suggesting 'a pleasant walk' from a 'good book'.Make a pot of Morrisons Red Label (leaf) Tea and chill.
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Jogon wrote: I muddied my Karrimor KSBs recently, but instead of trip round Thruscross, I did a variation - Rocking Hall from Blubberhouses(David Leather's The Walker's Guide to Mid-wharfedale & Washburn Valley on Walk 9 - 11 miles / 5hours).Going up the outflow of the Dam then up onto the tops and lunch at Rocking Hall. Fine views, binocs only should've had the camera. On the way back found Aked's http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2716770and Harry's Dam http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2716804A longer version (yet to do) involves going over from Rocking Hall and down to Bolton Abbey. Thence via bus, taxi or mates car to Blubberhouses car park.If this left Achilles allows. Funny enough we were up there on Tuesday, it was really water logged with Thruscross over flow in full force, spent 30mins watching a short eared owl hunting then a pint at Hopper Lane.
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[quotenick="Jogon"] tilly wrote: When i was a kid Leeds Market used to stay open untill very late on Christmas eve.Thats when you could buy fruit and poultry at a reduced price thats if you had the money our chicken used to come in a tin.Mum used to pay into a club every week so she could put something on the table at Christmas.When i hear some people moan about the cost of liveing now it makes my blood boil they dont know how lucky they are.But then of course the cost of a fourty two inch telly plus surround sound runs into big money and they cant live without that can they.Now you have set me off again Bah Humbug. I had forgotten about chickens in a tin! I think my father bought them very occasionally. I agree about people moaning these days. Looking back I wonder how on earth our parents managed.
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During the late 1940s our Christmas capon arrived Christmas Eve, strapped to dad's handlebars - he'd cycled out to the farm after work to collect it. It then had to be beheaded (it was already dead but intact - apart from the fact it was a capon:-)), plucked, drawn and stuffed, ready for cooking on Christmas Day. As a small child I was fascinated by the process. It ponged a bit as the innards were removed, but it was a good object lesson in the origins of food. Later we kept our own poultry, but for some reason I never learned the gentle art of wringing necks. We had chicken quite regularly, though.
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[quotenick="grumpybloke"] Jogon wrote: tilly wrote: When i was a kid Leeds Market used to stay open untill very late on Christmas eve.Thats when you could buy fruit and poultry at a reduced price thats if you had the money our chicken used to come in a tin.Mum used to pay into a club every week so she could put something on the table at Christmas.When i hear some people moan about the cost of liveing now it makes my blood boil they dont know how lucky they are.But then of course the cost of a fourty two inch telly plus surround sound runs into big money and they cant live without that can they.Now you have set me off again Bah Humbug. I had forgotten about chickens in a tin! I think my father bought them very occasionally. I agree about people moaning these days. Looking back I wonder how on earth our parents managed. Chickens in a tin were lovely. Lots of gelatine jelly and always very tender meat. Ready to eat cold but also great warmed up. As a kid I always looked forward to the chicken in a tin. Mmmm, yummy.
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