It is tough NOW. So how are we coping

mardatha

i must be really gettin into the swing of this . I just woke up from a dream where I was on a bus with no money, and I gave her a pound of sausages for the fare & she took it !

taplady

Primrose wrote: »

How embarrassing. Still, I guess one can only smile brightly and say "How clever! Somebody has made these lovely curtains out of dress material. Don't they look attractive? :rotfl:

:rotfl::D

am hoping my copy of Austerity Britain hurries up - cant wait to get stuck in now!:)

mardatha

I ordered it from the library and am going up today to see if it's in. I would be glad of any other titles on the same theme, so I can order more books. Anybody know of good ones?

Primrose

Marthada - three books I've enjoyed reading which may be of interest to you. I was able to borrow all of them from my local library. I'm now trying to keep a note on my computer of interesting books I've read so that I can remember them and re-read them from time to time.


1. “Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell”. This novel is about a group of painters an decorators and their families in Hastings (Mugsborough) around 1906. It describes the workman’s life at that time, the subjection, deception and destitution of the people whose labour helped to create the luxury and glitter of the Edwardian age.


2. “London 1945 by Maureen Waller”. For anybody wanting to know how our parents and grandparents coped during the deprivations of the Second World War,. It's a reminder that people have survived deprivations and hardships before and includes some interesting snippets about how the population found cunning ways of adapting and "making do and mend".


3. “How we Lived Then.by Norman Longmate”. A history of everyday life during the Second World War. . Excellent book with lots of details and first hand reports of indvidual situations. Another heavy tome with 509 pages

mardatha

O SUPERB ! ta very much Primrose. I love reading, don't mind how big the book is . These sound great, many thanks !
I am also looking for books on "how we did things"..but am not sure what to search under online. I wanted to know skills the Victorians (and up to WW2) had that we might have lost. Just to know how to live without electricity if we ever had powercuts, how to cook on an open fire without a dutch oven, etc etc -just to know tricks that they knew and we forgot. But I dont know what to look under. I dont really know what I mean either. LOL !:rotfl:

mardatha

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1856267881/sr=1-1/qid=1275388698/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1275388698&sr=1-1&seller=

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I hope that link works - I just bought this book for 1p. Looks good !

Primrose

Another interesting book to read for anybody interested in social history is "Consuming Passions" by Judith Flanders. It's another heavy tome - 492 pages, providing long and detailed historical information about life and leisure activities in Victorian England. It covers the development of shopping, newspapers, printing/books, concerts, entertainment, etc. so interesting for anybody who wants to make comparisons between Then and Now.

taplady

mardatha wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1856267881/sr=1-1/qid=1275388698/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1275388698&sr=1-1&seller=

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I hope that link works - I just bought this book for 1p. Looks good !

the link works!:T looks interesting - let us know what you think of it!

ceridwen

Mardatha - you might like:

"Preserving food without freezing or canning - Traditional techniques using, salt, oil, sugar, alcohol, vinegar, drying, cold storage and lactic fermentation" by the Gardeners and Farmers of Terre Vivante (you might find it listed as having Deborah Madison as the author).

An alternate title that is sometimes used for this book is "Keeping food fresh - Old World recipes and techniques"

mardatha

I vastly prefer the alternative title. LOL ! ty