@Baz posted:

Think I’d rather the fine cloth than the animal gut 

I'd rather do without

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

omg fancy wearing that

Yes

Oh fgs now it’s dog filth everywhere 

The place must have stunk !

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I'd rather do without

Me too 

Sex and drugs and rock and roll eh? 

@Baz posted:

I only realised cos it said underneath 

I must have been typing and still wouldn't have recognised her to be honest

@Baz posted:

The place must have stunk !

@Sprout posted:

Sex and drugs and rock and roll eh? 

Well, only if you put green sleeves in the rock and roll category

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Well, only if you put green sleeves in the rock and roll category

PMSL!! 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Well, only if you put green sleeves in the rock and roll category

Rofl 

He liked to hit people with his rhythm stick 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I must have been typing and still wouldn't have recognised her to be honest

don't know who she is tbh

@Sprout posted:

He liked to hit people with his rhythm stick 

Given the filth and stink I don’t think I’d be eating anything !

Pass the salt please!

he looks a bit of a rake

wow excellent book-the detail of the feast

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

wow excellent book-the detail of the feast

Yes

It’s a wonder he could perform at all after all that !

@Baz posted:

Given the filth and stink I don’t think I’d be eating anything !

no, I'd be tucking in me bustle and buggering off to bed, alone

@Baz posted:

It’s a wonder he could perform at all after all that !

He didn't eat it all though 

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

wow excellent book-the detail of the feast

yes

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

he looks a bit of a rake

yes

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

no, I'd be tucking in me bustle and buggering off to bed, alone

The syllabub looks nice 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

no, I'd be tucking in me bustle and buggering off to bed, alone

Me too 

@Baz posted:

It’s a wonder he could perform at all after all that !

Remember it lasted hours so they may have had small amounts over 4/5 hours

This guy has a spot on James Martin's prog where he cooks food from those times. Or as near as he can get 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

no, I'd be tucking in me bustle and buggering off to bed, alone

made me RL lol

Oh grossssssss

@Sprout posted:

This guy has a spot on James Martin's prog where he cooks food from those times. Or as near as he can get 

Christ, I am heaving

He got his oranges for free 

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

made me RL lol

@Sprout posted:

He got his oranges for free 

Yes 

@Sprout posted:

He got his oranges for free 

she was paid handsomely with pox

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

she was paid handsomely with pox

That historian needs sprucing up 

After all, there was no C&A around then. You just couldn't go and buy anything of the shelf