Wednesday 19th February 2020 - Number 5972

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Robert Henry Laws

1828-1881

Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton' 

my paternal Great Grandfather

&

This is Robert Henry's Wife 

Sarah Ann Laws, formerly Fuller

My paternal Great Grandmother

1846-1924

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Extracted from our database today 19th February

1592 - Marriage: Anthony NEWTONNE-1801 and Elizabeth LAWES-1802,                     Middleton Norfolk England
1798 - Christen: Robert LAWS-2793, (Navy Storekeeper)  Downham Market                   Norfolk England
1798 - Christen: Mary LAWS-2790, Downham Market Norfolk England
1798 - Birth: Mary LAWS-2790, Downham Market Norfolk England
1831 - Marriage: Joseph Christopher LAWS-6806 (Licensed Victualler &                         Gentleman)  and Sophia BROWN-29960, Brighton Sussex England

1832 - Birth: James M LAWS-35214, (Blacksmith)  Kentucky United States
1833 - Marriage: James  HARRIS-13209 (Coachman) and Livia LAWES-13210,               Southampton Hampshire England
1837 - Birth: Susan Jane WILLIAMS-11093, Tennessee United States
1845 - Marriage: Edward TERRY-26175 and Lucy LAWS-26176, Newbury                       Berkshire England
1845 - Death: Lucy LAWS-26176, Newbury Berkshire England
1851 - Burial: Adolphus LAWS-34691, Ipswich Suffolk England

1852 - Birth: John LAWS-6662, (Builder & Painter &  former Mariner) 
           Selindge Kent England
1856 - Marriage: Henry ASHDOWN-5558 and Mary Ann LAWS-7752,
            Saint James Church Sydney New South Wales Australia
1859 - Birth: George Hamilton LAWES-28034, Allington Wiltshire England
1865 - Birth: Rosa Benedicta MAY-49698, Ramsgate Kent England
1865 - Christen: John Albert LAWS-6338, (Apprentice Carpenter)
           Brighton Sussex England
1866 - Birth: William LAWS-41538, (Coal Hewer) 
1867 - Birth: William James LAWS-9339, (Builders Foreman)  Exning Suffolk                 England
1875 - Birth: John Charles LAWES-29565, (Coal Merchant) Tooting Surrey                     England
1880 - Residence: Edwin Lawson LAWS-16931, (Wholesale Grocer & Provisions             Mcht)  Saint Leonards Middlesex England
1881 - Birth: May Elizabeth LAWS-23519, Hingham Norfolk England
1882 - Birth: Neva CRABLE-44881, Wolfe City, Hunt, Texas, United States
1887 - Burial: Thomas Fewster LAWS-5028, (Coach Builders Clerk) 
            Stoke Newington Middlesex England
1888 - Birth: George Edward BRISON-24187, (Butcher)  Knocknagoran, Louth,              Ireland
1890 - Birth: Elizabeth Ann LAWS-43270,  (Secretary in Printers Office)
1894 - Birth: Pearl LAWS-24994,
1897 - Marriage: William Robert RYLAND-10 and Catherine Elizabeth LAWES
           -247, Peckham Surrey England
1899 - Birth: Eric Robert LAWS-33292, (Gas Ledger Clerk) Peckham Surrey                   England
1902 - Birth: Elsie Maud THORNE-10796, Peckham Surrey England
1906 - Death: John LAWS-24454, (Confederate soldier) Nr. Jackson,
           Madison County Tennessee United States
1908 - Birth: Cornelia Phoebe Dinah JACKOPSON-49299,
1909 - Baptism: Joseph FLACK-16065, Lakenheath Suffolk England
1911 - Birth: Herbert W LAWS-45427, (Ag Lab) Wisbech Cambridgeshire                        England

1911 - Birth: Herbert LAWS-43046, (Ag Lab Unemployed) 
1912 - Marriage: George Edward BRISON-24187 (Butcher) and Beatrice Maud               LAWS-19202, (Housekeeper)  Portsmouth Hampshire England

1913 - Baptism: George Edward  L AWS-28236, (Pastry Cook & Baker)                             Newington Surrey England
1914 - Birth: Joan Dorothy LAWES-34876,
1914 - Baptism: Walter Richard LAWS-28237, Newington Surrey England
1915 - Death: Robert LAWS-7162, South Shields Durham England
1918 - Burial: Edward Cecil LAWS-12854, Villers-Plouich Nord FRANCE
1920 - Immigration: C LAWS-25191, Auckland New Zealand
1925 - Death: Ernest Robert LAWS-8443, (Railwayman) Townsville Queensland               Australia
1944 - Death: Henry LAWS-7955, (Joiner & Wood machinist) 
           Exmouth Devonshire England
1945 - Residence: Kevin LAWS-12632, (Sapper Australian Army NX77684)
           Saint Peters New South Wales Australia
1945 - Death: William Charles LAWS-8084, (Labourer)  Norwich Hospital,                       Norfolk England
1959 - Burial: Matthew LAWS-45322, Stepney Middlesex England

1959 - Death: Norman Charles LAWS-31737,
1976 - Death: Jean LAWS-14235,
1989 - Death: Doris Marjory LAWS-45625, Colchester Essex England
1999 - Death: David Leonard LAWES-32803, (Farmer) East Elloe Lincolnshire               England
2004 - Death: Effie Lois LAWS-36069,
2004 - Death: Louis LAWS-11921, Greenville South Carolina United States
2005 - Death: Emma F LANCASTER-20038,
2005 - Death: William J LAWS-20037, (US Air Force) 
2015 - Will Proved: Marjory LAWS-40883, Newcastle upon Tyne                                         Northumberland England

MORE TOMORROW

Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of time, that I might find the roots that made

this family tree of mine

Lord, help me trace the ancient roads, on which our fathers trod, which led them through

so many lands, to find our present sod. 

Lord help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript, that's safely hidden now away, 

in some forgotten crypt. 

Lord, let it bridge the gap, that haunts my soul when I can't find, that missing link between 

some name, that ends the same as mine.

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A CHILD OF THE 1920s, 

AS SEEN FROM THE 1990s

by

John Robert Laws 1921-2008

Part 20

HOW WE ATE

Food was important. For some it was in short supply; for all it was seasonal and generally less wide ranging than it is now. Until the coming of the fridge, for us in the early thirties, keeping food fresh in summer was a problem and a variety of methods were used, The larder was mandatory in all houses built from the nineteenth century until quite recently, in large houses it became a small walk in room. Meat was often given special accommodation in a small ‘meat safe’ with perforated zinc sides to keep out the flies. This stood outside the house in the shade often near the back door. In hot weather milk would be boiled as soon as it was delivered and in summer generally it was stood in a shallow tray of water with a cover of muslin or terra cotta to soak up the water and keep it cool. These methods must still be in use in a few households but they are bygones for most of us.

It was not always summer, however, and in winter it was normal to eat more as well as to wear more clothes to keep out the cold of poorly heated houses and workplaces. Quantity was of more importance than quality, not that wives and mothers were less interested in quality, simply that standards were lower and money went further if you only cut away the inedible rather than all the rough bits. It was widely recognized that if bread was a bit hard it would be ‘harder where there’s none’.

Our household was fortunate that ‘pater familias’ was ‘a good provider’ in the language of the day. Moreover, my mother was a good cook though she would have turned her nose up at squid or octopus and olives or wine vinegar were never seen in our larder. Even the slightly exotic like sweetbreads or whitebait were reserved for father, on his evening return from work, probably being reckoned ‘not good for children’ quite apart from the cost. 

The roast joint was the important mainstay of the diet, more often than not, a sirloin of beef which turned up for Sunday lunch with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, greens and a nice rich gravy. The joint would sometimes be mutton, it was not called lamb till much later. Pork was much less frequent, being reckoned to be somewhat hazardous, though with how much reason I don’t know. It seems an oddity that on the other hand, pork sausages were esteemed above beef which were considered in today’s parlance a bit down market.

Sunday’s joint turned up as cold meat on Monday and would be used as a hash or mince the next day or two, depending on how much was left. Cold meat would be served up with hot vegetables. I do not remember any salad in my diet as a child. Season controlled the selection of vegetables, fresh from the greengrocer not frozen from the supermarket, Cabbage was the standby; peas, runner beans, carrots sprouts and spinach came in their turn though I didn’t learn to like spinach till many years later. There were also unidentified greens or the like, Very occasionally asparagus appeared on the Sunday table pandering to father’s fancy taste. I do not think it really belonged to the Devon cuisine that was my mother’s mainstay. Later in the week, when the joint was gone, there might be stew or sausages and occasionally fish until  Saturday when it was invariably steak and kidney pudding, a good winter warmer if ever there was one.

 ‘Afters’ too were often good sustaining stuff, stewed fruit and custard were popular in season and sometimes dried apricots or prunes at other times The real favourites, however, were the apple puddings or blackcurrant puddings closely followed in popularity by Apple Charlotte or bread and butter pudding with a good leavening of raisins. Suet puddings with dried fruit such as plum duff or roly-poly of the standby syrup pudding came along from time to time but were not quite a regular feature. The pastry was popular and fruit would more often be served in a pie than on its own. There was, of course, no ice cream at home as there were no domestic freezers. Tinned fruit was special but was readily available. Cream was brought around by the milkman once the changeover to bottled milk had taken place and sometimes took the place of custard to everyone’s delight.  Even father, who was a good trencherman, did not feel the need for cheese and biscuits at the end of Sunday lunch.

To be continued tomorrow

   

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Sharon Nicola LAWS

2008 Olympics Cyclist

Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc 

1974-2017

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