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Saturday 21th September 2019 - Number 5916

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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
R I P

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A Child of the Twenties

A suburban childhood of the Twenties 

seen from the Nineteen Nineties
by my late father

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. The 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 was 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 was 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 always 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.
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 a speciality but was readily available. The 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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Family events for today Saturday 21 September

 BIRTHS 
1856 - Birth: Albertina LAWS-6637, (Cook & Spinster)  Hainford Norfolk                         England

1881 - Birth: John W LAWS-43644, (Quarryman)

1884 - Birth: Ambrose LAWS (Kitchen porter at a restaurant)-41262,

1887 - Birth: George Washington LAWS-39051, (Tyre Clerk)  Walnut Lake,                     Faribault, Minnesota United States 

 1891 - Birth: Edward Herman LAWS-44318, Cincinnati Ohio United States

1896 - Birth: Lucile LAWS-40732, Mhlenbery County Kentucky United States

1901 - Birth: Bertram LAWS-42456, (Fen Drainage Labourer)  Hilgay Norfolk                 England

1902 - Birth: Alice Jane Muriel LAWES-24043, Liverpool, New South Wales                     Australia

1904 - Birth: Alexander Leonard LAWS-29823, Acton Middlesex England

1910 - Birth: Frederick Arthur James LAWS-49534, Islington Middlesex England

1913 - Birth: Joseph LAWS-41556,

1914 - Birth: Robert LAWS-12647, (Australian Army) Newcastle, New South                   Wales Australia

1921 - Birth: Percy C LAWES-48689, (Plumbers Apprentice)

MARRIAGES

DEATHS 
1914 - Death: Edward LAWS-21770, (ARMY Private 9476)

1915 - Death: Robert Christopher LAWS-10212, (Pattern Maker) Napier
           New Zealand

1917 - Death: John LAWS-21806, (ARMY Private 12037)

1921 - Death: Grace R LAWS-33887, Brooklyn, NewYork City, New York 
           United States

1931 - Burial: Margaret Ellen LAWS-19125, Brighton, Washington County Iowa             United States

1931 - Death: Benjamin Glover (Solicitors Clerk) Saint Marylebone Middlesex                 England

1946 - Death: Albert LAWS-3420, (Commercial Traveller)  Montrose Angus                     Scotland

1957 - Death: Charles Arthur LAWES-44603, (Blacksmiths Hammerman in
           Ship Yard) Cardiff Glamorgan Wales

1971 - Death: Cyril Arthur LAWS-34368, (Turner) Toowoomba, Warwick                         Queensland Australia

1984 - Burial: Alfred William LAWES-35917, Chandlers Ford Hampshire                         England

1987 - Death: Eddie LAWS-16308, (PFC US Army)

1994 - Death: Percival William Thomas LAWS-6989, (Retired)  Stone                                 Buckinghamshire England

1995 - Death: Jessie Murray LAWS-5832, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland             England


1996 - Death: Jasper Jewell LAWS-11034, Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas United                     States

2000 - Death: Walter Cyril LAWES-17960, New Oleans Louisianna United States

2001 - Birth: Kurtis James LAWS-49535, Markdale Grey Ontario Canada

2002 - Death: Robert J LAWS-12047, (retired Stillman in the Oil industry)                        Portland Texas United States

2004 - Death: John Frank LAWS-36045, Orlando Florida United States

2017 - Death: Russell Paul LAWS-45503, Newport News City, Virginia,
           United States


2017 - Death: Thomas Burton LAWS-44720, Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina                   United States

MISCELLANEOUS 

1691 - Will: Henry LAWS-12839, (Worsted weaver)  Kings Lynn Norfolk England

 1908 - Residence: John LAWS-22425, (Blacksmith)  La Boca, Panama

 1917 - Military: Howard LAWS-30033, (Unmarried)  WWII

OTHER BIRTHS 
1802 - Birth: William SHINGLES-21056, (Ostler) Acle Norfolk England

1818 - Birth: Elizabeth FISHER-35264, Dunkeld Perth Scotland

1867 - Birth: Sarah Rebecca CHAMBERLAIN-49752, Twickenham Middlesex                 England

1903 - Birth: John WEBB-27635, Stalybridge Cheshire England

1906 - Birth: Agnes Erskine STEELE-34765,

1915 - Birth: Iris A BALDING-46855,

1920 - Birth: Doris FIELD-46747, (Chocolate Wrapper)

OTHER MARRIAGES
1833 - Marriage: Joseph CHARTERS-13836 (Farmer 107 acres) and Mary                        PATTERSON-13837, Aspatria Cumberland England

OTHER DEATHS

1912 - Death: John Donald MCLAREN-3618, Tamworth, New South Wales                       Australia


1943 - Death: Elizabeth Sarah ALP-36849, Newcastle upon Tyne                                         Northumberland England

1948 - Death: Neva CRABLE-44881, Texas United States

1966 - Death: Queenie Victoria HARRIS-15985, Luton Bedfordshire England

1996 - Death: Jo Martin DINGES-11039, Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas United States

1974 - Death: Ira Drewry ALLEN-49984, Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma                   USA


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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.


Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc 
1974-2017
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