Celebrating VE day, 70 years since the end of the war in Europe. Taking a light hearted look at the dreaded Rationing. Another poem by Mick Westwood, produce...
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Good job Sammy putting this together Fine performance My Dad Was in this War told Me of the tough Times they went through A Generation of Hero's For Sure
Thanks Wolf
Thanks Unc, most old folk tell me you ate better if you lived in the country, poaching was rife for Rabbit and anything else that was edible. In the cities it was a case of 'who you knew'. Amazingly the stories are always told with a smile.
Super nice, Sammy. There was rationing here and shortages during WW II, but nothing like what you folks went through. Oh! Another Mick Westwood poem. I was thinking it was a traditional song. Good job!
I was born after that war, but one grand mother still made some war time dishes for Sunday dinners. "War Cake' that somehow used less sugar, some kind of 'mock chicken legs' on a stick and 'mock pork chops' on a stick and 'mock' apple pie made from soda crackers. All of it was great.
Thanks Jim. We had dinner with my mother in law a couple of days ago who was evacuated twice as a child from the city of Hull. She just turned 18 on VE Day. She too has an amazingly modest way of recalling what they went through, sharp as a pin.
Maybe not so light hearted there Sammy. It really reminds us Baby Boomers of what it was like not too long ago. My father is 95 and remembers all this very well - even better than what he had for breakfast this morning. I truly enjoy your musical treatments of Mr. Westwood's poems.
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Good job Sammy putting this together Fine performance My Dad Was in this War told Me of the tough Times they went through A Generation of Hero's For Sure
Oh Sammy your so good at these songs!!! Just so cleaver the way u put these to music! Meeowwww^.^
cheers Merle, appreciate your comments
this is excellent sammy. real enjoyed it mate
Thanks Unc, most old folk tell me you ate better if you lived in the country, poaching was rife for Rabbit and anything else that was edible. In the cities it was a case of 'who you knew'. Amazingly the stories are always told with a smile.
W0W!!!
Super nice, Sammy. There was rationing here and shortages during WW II, but nothing like what you folks went through. Oh! Another Mick Westwood poem. I was thinking it was a traditional song. Good job!
I was born after that war, but one grand mother still made some war time dishes for Sunday dinners. "War Cake' that somehow used less sugar, some kind of 'mock chicken legs' on a stick and 'mock pork chops' on a stick and 'mock' apple pie made from soda crackers. All of it was great.
Maybe not so light hearted there Sammy. It really reminds us Baby Boomers of what it was like not too long ago. My father is 95 and remembers all this very well - even better than what he had for breakfast this morning. I truly enjoy your musical treatments of Mr. Westwood's poems.