Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Her poor family 

Baz posted:

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden of our prefab when I was little ....my dad grew mushrooms in there 

Next door to us found a concrete air raid shelter in their garden, they had to blow it up to get rid of it.....that was in the 1980s

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Lmao 

Baz posted:

Her poor family 

They seem very used to eating carp meals 

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden of our prefab when I was little ....my dad grew mushrooms in there 

Next door to us found a concrete air raid shelter in their garden, they had to blow it up to get rid of it.....that was in the 1980s

 We were nothing but resourceful in that area  

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden of our prefab when I was little ....my dad grew mushrooms in there 

Next door to us found a concrete air raid shelter in their garden, they had to blow it up to get rid of it.....that was in the 1980s

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Her poor family 

They seem very used to eating carp meals 

Yes....she's even burnt the darn toast !!

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

 Must have been quite a change for your parents when they came back

She burnt the toast 

I love toast and dripping 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Her poor family 

They seem very used to eating carp meals 

Yes....she's even burnt the darn toast !!

 She's a nightmare

Am I allowed to grrrr at the Japanese please 

Baz posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden of our prefab when I was little ....my dad grew mushrooms in there 

Next door to us found a concrete air raid shelter in their garden, they had to blow it up to get rid of it.....that was in the 1980s

 We were nothing but resourceful in that area  

Whoever owned that house was sure they weren't going to be a statistic 

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

 Must have been quite a change for your parents when they came back

I don't think my mother ever adjusted tbh

Baz posted:

Am I allowed to grrrr at the Japanese please 

Definitely 

It's no surprise that our parents and grandparents were thrifty ...and never wasted much ....cos first they lived through the depression and then the war ...l

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

 Must have been quite a change for your parents when they came back

I don't think my mother ever adjusted tbh

Did they ever go back, even for a holiday?

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden of our prefab when I was little ....my dad grew mushrooms in there 

Next door to us found a concrete air raid shelter in their garden, they had to blow it up to get rid of it.....that was in the 1980s

 We were nothing but resourceful in that area  

Whoever owned that house was sure they weren't going to be a statistic 

Baz posted:

It's no surprise that our parents and grandparents were thrifty ...and never wasted much ....cos first they lived through the depression and then the war ...l

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

 Must have been quite a change for your parents when they came back

I don't think my mother ever adjusted tbh

Aww  

Yogi19 posted:

She burnt the toast 

Of course she did

I'd quite enjoy that pie 

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

 Must have been quite a change for your parents when they came back

I don't think my mother ever adjusted tbh

Did they ever go back, even for a holiday?

No.....new job for dad and a different life for them both

Oh it's him that judges in MAsterchef 

Is Giles an historian or just a presenter?

Baz posted:

I'd quite enjoy that pie 

I don't like meat and pastry together, so I might too

We still had rationing when I was little 

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's like my mums gas cooker 

A lot of familiar stuff 

Yes 

My parents were in India, so not much change for them

Did you grow up in India? (I don't mean during the war!)

Ha ha.....I was born there, but they came back when I was very young, I only vaguely remember it

 Must have been quite a change for your parents when they came back

I don't think my mother ever adjusted tbh

Did they ever go back, even for a holiday?

No.....new job for dad and a different life for them both

Aww.

Baz posted:

We still had rationing when I was little 

It lasted until 1954

Yogi19 posted:

Is Giles an historian or just a presenter?

Social Historian I think 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

We still had rationing when I was little 

It lasted until 1954

Well that pie looks better than anything Rochelle could serve up

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Is Giles an historian or just a presenter?

Social Historian I think 

 Thanks Baz

That's a very posh Anderson shelter !! Ours was more like a pig hut 

Kaytee posted:

Well that pie looks better than anything Rochelle could serve up

My dog's dinner looks better than anything Rochelle has made 

Kaytee posted:

Well that pie looks better than anything Rochelle could serve up

Yes...although that's not saying much 

Baz posted:

That's a very posh Anderson shelter !! Ours was more like a pig hut 

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Well that pie looks better than anything Rochelle could serve up

My dog's dinner looks better than anything Rochelle has made 

Exactly