The Wartime Kitchen And Garden Program

SailorSam

Hands up, who remembers the real thing.

luxor4t

SailorSam wrote: »

Hands up, who remembers the real thing.

I only remember my Nana's stories, she was 40 in 1939.

beautiful_ravens

Is it repeated today on freeview??

Frugal_Mouse

Many thanks OP . If I hadn't seen this thread I would have missed these great programs.

Can't put my hand up SailorSam, not old enough, but my beloved grandmother lived through both both WWI and WWII. The first two programs have brought back such wonderful memories of her thrify ways. When Ruth unwraps her Christmas gift and comments about saving the string I laughed out loud, it was something that my grandmother often used to say.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the programs.

SailorSam

The Yesterday channel closes at, i think 6pm comes on again at 6am

Gigervamp

Frugal_Mouse wrote: »

When Ruth unwraps her Christmas gift and comments about saving the string I laughed out loud, it was something that my grandmother often used to say.

And the wrapping paper got ironed and carefully put away until next christmas.

I noticed that the scales she was using were the same as mine which I inherited from my Nan.

Farway

I can put my hand up, just, to Sailor sam.

Although an interesting programme [watched it first time round] you really would not want to live like it, chicken was for Christmas only, veg in season only,no tomatoes or salad except Aug - Sept, no oranges, bananas, or other "foreign" fruit

I used to have mashed parsnip & thought it was bananas, would you Mum lie to you?

Taadaa

Any tips for those of us that missed it? x

valk_scot

My mum always said they were "starving" during WW2 but other elderly relatives have told me they managed okay but they had to be clever with what they had. I've always put this difference of opinion down to the fact my mother was a dreadful cook, lol, who was nothing like the wartime stereotypical mother that could make a meal from a parsnip and two pieces of coal.

My late FIL, who was a young teenager during the war years, used to have a thriving business shooting the feral pigeons of Edinburgh and selling them for meat. He and his younger brother also use to scrump apples on an industrial scale, also to sell, and pinch the clothes from the outside lost property box at the local public school. Bad lads, yup, but they both said they really had a fun time during the war!

I didn't manage to catch this program, unfortunately. Is it repeated, or out on the web somewhere?

aliadds

It's just started!:j