It is tough NOW. So how are we coping

ceridwen

charlies-aunt wrote: »

Its big thick un taplady - its certainly building up my arm muscles when I read it in bed on a night Hope you enjoy reading it too.My library copy has some wonderful blacd and white photos too - really fascinating. I did notice that the people in the photos do look quite thin compared with modern times.

Looks like we're heading for austerity again if David Cameron gets his way.....:cool:

Hmmm...thin as in slim or as in "not enough to eat". It is the case that photos from earlier than the last decade or two are going to reveal people all being noticeably slimmer than they have been in recent years....

You've just reminded me that I've saved the links to those thinktank reports that are going to be the basis of the benefit cuts that will soon happen - in order to have a good read through and see what they are and what I think of them. They are all accessible for anyone else to read as well - goes off muttering about MSE homepages to myself and things on from there;). If anyone else reads through those (rather a lot of.....) pages before me and comes up with any precis of them - do let us all know the basic proposals/thinking in them.....:D

mardatha

I've ordered it as well

ceridwen

mardatha wrote: »

I've ordered it as well

"ordered it" - errrr....'tis all there ready to access by 2 minutes from now..:cool::cool: - refer to my last post....or send me a PM and I'll let you know the website address if you want Mardatha:D

floss2

ceridwen wrote: »

....snoek was whalemeat I believe.....

Snoek is a South African fish, member of the perch family and was canned & sent to the UK during the war. It's unpleasant taste is allegedly down to a bad canning process which did nothing to preserve the natural flavour of the fish.

maryb wrote: »

.....There was a lot of concern at the end of the war about how generally run down people were and how small infections were taking a long time to heal. That doesn't suggest that people were getting the food they needed for really good health......

mardatha wrote: »

... I think maybe people died of illnesses that they normally wouldnt have - because their resistance was low. Probably due to a lot of things like not enough vitamins, not enough sun, not enough sleep, and too much stress. All combined with not enough rich nourishing food..

My understanding was that what is now recognised as stress had a debilitating effect on people during the war, also don't forget that this was before the NHS & free healthcare - if someone was ill, it cost hard cash to see a Dr and to pay for any medicine prescribed.

Primrose

"Austerity Britain". Yes I remember when the library produced my copy. It IS a thick one and I thought they were giving me War and Peace by mistake!

It should be made compulsory history reading for every modern day school child.

Charis

maryb wrote: »

She said that at her village school in the 1930s a lot of the children only brought a hunk of bread for lunch with maybe a bit of dripping and, if they were lucky, a plum or an apple in season from the tree in the garden.

My Dad once told me that they were so poor (his dad died from a work related injury in1933) that he had bread and dripping for lunch and bread and jam for tea. There were, of course no benefits in those days and his mother scrubbed other people's floors to bring in some money. He was eighty eight last week.

woofwoofwoof

dom300186 wrote: »

Done my weekly shop only come to £28 instead of £50, because I did a meal plan and checked what i already had in the cupboards, I'm so chuffed with myself.
Made my own gloop last week so that's the washing covered for the next couple of months costing me £1 to make 4 litres, and made my own cleaning products for around the home.
I love this site given me alot to think about so I don't waist my money, thanks money saving expert forum peeps.

What is the recipe for your gloop? Can't find it anywhere!

anguk

woofwoofwoof wrote: »

What is the recipe for your gloop? Can't find it anywhere!

There's a thread on laundry gloop and if I remember correctly there's a few different recipes:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/35756

Westywoodpecker

Charis wrote: »

My Dad once told me that they were so poor that he had bread and dripping for lunch and bread and jam for tea. There were, of course no benefits in those days and his mother scrubbed other people's floors to bring in some money. He was eighty eight last week.

In this day & age I do feel we need to listen more to our elderly members of our families and to also learn from them. I feel we are so wealthy but don't always know it

Vaila

i find sites like this a great benefit ie for discount codes, vouchers etc. but i think the most part is common sense like buying food thats in season, shopping in discount stores and buying own branded product, i also grow a lot of my own veg too