The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

Florenceem

Hard_Up_Hester - I have just ordered a Shirley Goode book. I love baking - I am enjoying making cakes to take to the SA. I baked these last night and took them to Church today - 

Florenceem

Nargleblast - I used to have the Home and Freezer Digest. I remember making Wimbledon Tart - when we had a surplus of strawberries.
pollyanna_26 - snap - I got a freezer in the 1970s. I used to watch Farmhouse Kitchen and have the book. My Daughter's Mil knew Dorothy Sleightholme.

Hard_Up_Hester

They look yummy Florenceem.

ivyleaf

Goodness, I can't believe I've never thought to make half of a sponge recipe in just one tin!  I shall try that!  Have bought the book by Erin Pizzey as well.

boultdj

Shirley Goode was also on Bazaar on a Sunday, I use to watch it with my mum, I was still at school.

I lost my 2 Shirley Goode cook books in this last move.

Bigjenny

I still have The Goode Kitchen and Goode for One, yellow round the edges and falling to bits.

Hard_Up_Hester

Ivy I hadn't thought of it either, but I'm not sure I need any more calories!

pollyanna_26

Hard_Up_Hester said:

Ivy I hadn't thought of it either, but I'm not sure I need any more calories!

Treat yourself Hester ,we wont tell.

pollyx

pollyanna_26

 I've been multitasking shopping list for tomorrow, things to drop off at the soup kitchen and ordering candles in quantity.

I was looking for the missing book when I remembered I used to follow Shirley's blog. It took me a while to remember the title . It was Taste the Goode Life. The blog ran from Sept 2006-Nov 2015.

The final entry was from her family saying Shirley had finally lost her long battle with poor health.

All her posts are still there to read. I mentioned how she would follow the seasons when cooking and often foraging . Aptly the first entry is Sept so she'll be heading into Autumn. Sometimes I'd have to wait until the weekend to catch up but I always did.

I'm going to start reading  from the start again and follow the seasons as she did. She was an amazing lady in her often tough life but never complained and faced tough times and good times with her Northern wit. Sometimes she would have me laughing or wantng to give her a hug. I believe she was Too Good(e) to be forgotten, she's left a written legacy for good and bad times and the time is right for her wisdom to be shared in these tough times.

The Fence is a continuation of The Tougher Threads so anyone who wants to follow Shirley over the 9 years she blogged it's Taste the Goode Life. I just googled that and .the whole blog came up from the beginning.

Isn't it odd how a mention of Shirley can roll back the years?

pollyx

Florenceem

pollyanna_26 - I am going to follow that blog.
I didn't bake cakes tonight - did a cheese scone round instead.