Thursday 19th September 2019 - Number 5915

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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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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 Wednesday 19th September

 BIRTHS 
1773 - Baptism: Ann LAWES-23248, Bishopstone Wiltshire England

1779 - Christen: Thomas LAWES-11690, Ryton Durham England

1810 - Birth: Cuthbert Umfreville LAWS-33821, (Solicitor)  Ovingham                               Northumberland England

1824 - Baptism: Thomas LAWES-31267, (Loan Office Keeper) Andover                             Hampshire England

1854 - Baptism: David LAWES-1491, (Property Owner) South Shields Durham               England

1862 - Birth: Sophia LAWS-3713, Tivetshall Saint Mary Norfolk England

1876 - Birth: William H LAWS-46547, (Ag Lab)

1876 - Birth: John William Miller LAWS-44901, (RAF Service Number: 283688)             Hingham Norfolk England

1880 - Baptism: Hannah Elizabeth LAWS-3494, Bedlington Northumberland                    England

1889 - Birth: Albert LAWS-41338, (Valet)

1906 - Birth: Percy Charles LAWS-36020, (Car Body Mounter)  Dartford Kent               England

1919 - Birth: Jessie Maud LAWS-34860,

MARRIAGES
1776 - Marriage: James  OR SACKRY SACKREE-6137 and Kesia LAWS-6138,             Folkestone Kent England

1785 - Marriage: John LAWES-20734 (Ag Lab)  and Elizabeth WARREN-20735,

1807 - Marriage: Samuel HASSELL-26468 and Elizabeth LAWS-26469,                           Dymchurch Kent England

1810 - Marriage: Michael LAWS-9467 and Marion CHRISTINE-9468, St George             Hanover Square Middlesex England

1823 - Marriage: James CATAMOLE-35450 and Phoebe LAWS-35449, Bungay                Suffolk England

1825 - Marriage: Joseph LAWS-3438 (Farmer 48 Acres)  and Sophia CORY-                   3439, Stratton Strawless Norfolk England

1842 - Marriage: James RICHARDSON-3041 and Susannah LAWS-3110,                         Ramsgate Kent England

1877 - Marriage: Benjamin Jonathan LAWS-26872 (Brickmaker)  and
           Amy LOVE-28875, Sydney New South Wales Australia

1878 - Marriage: Thomas Augustus MATTINGLEY-22506 and Paulina Frances               LAWS-22505,

1885 - Marriage: Edward MARSHALL-39407 and Eliza Alice LAWS-39406,                   Headley Hampshire England

1888 - Marriage: James Newton CADWELL-24602 and Frances M LAWS-
           24601, Hammond, Lake County Indiana United States

1891 - Marriage: Charles Edward LAWES-47489 (Railway Platelayer  and                       Elizabeth LUFF-27680, (Sick Nurse)  Hersham Surrey England

1900 - Marriage: William Roger LAWS-5737 (Head Gardener)  and
           Anna Elizabeth BENNINGTON-22160, Litcham Norfolk England

1906 - Marriage: Elgin LAWS-17263 (Physician And Surgeon ) and Louisa Ellen             ROGERS-27731, (Spinster) Liverpool Lancashire England

 1915 - Marriage: Frederick George Reginald FORD-49680 and
            Elsie Ada  LAWS-33456, (Training For Domestic Service)
            Aldershot Hampshire England

1917 - Marriage: Albert LAWS-3133 (Farmer)  and Lillian WRIGHT-32584,                     Shepparton Victoria Australia

1940 - Marriage: Max Carlton WHITE-22181 and Cecile Amelia LAWS-22180,

DEATHS 

1832 - Burial: Isabella LAWES-27464, Forton Hampshire England

1833 - Burial: John LAWES-27463, Forton Hampshire England

1926 - Burial: William Grundy LAWS-32103, Ta'Braxia Cemetery Malta

1930 - Death: Jeter W LAWS-48046, Old Fort, McDowell, North Carolina,
           United States

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

1944 - Death: Raymond LAWS-21825, (ARMY Private 14391045)

1947 - Death: George LAWS-38076, South Shields Durham England

1951 - Burial: Ralph LAWS-16412, (PVT CO.B, 7TH BN TC US Army)                             Knoxville Tennessee United States

1960 - Death: John Frederick LAWES-39262, Weymouth Dorset England

1992 - Burial: Elwood Wayne LAWS-22266, Huntingdon Utah United States

2011 - Death: Dulcie Joyce LAWS-20812, Kempsey New South Wales Australia

2012 - Death: Anna Jane LAWS-40695,


2014 - Death: Anne Bernardette LAWS-26923,

MISCELLANEOUS 

1915 - Enlistment: Henry LAWS-28223, (ARMY Private 266080 POW)                             Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England

1939 - Residence: John LAWES-39376, (Grocery Shop Assistant)  Salisbury,                     Wiltshire England

1939 - Residence: William Curl LAWES-36410, (Fitters Mate)  Greenwich Kent               England 

1949 - Immigration: Lorna Currie Armstrong MACCRORY-16988, Liverpool                 Lancashire England

1949 - Immigration: Peter Malcolm LAWS-16987, (Army Lieutenant) Liverpool               Lancashire England

1952 - Residence: Jacqueline Ann Toynbee LAWES-39446, Parkstone Dorset                   England

1952 - Residence: Joan Toynbee Ellen WILLIAMS-39445, Southampton                           Hampshire England

1952 - Occupation: Ralph Bousquet LAWES-39444, (BOAC E/O)  resided at 

           Parkstone Dorset England

OTHER BIRTHS 
1817 - Christen: Mary MARTIN-2872, Chatteris Cambridgeshire England

1851 - Birth: Emily NASH-13481, Walworth, Surrey England

1860 - Birth: Elizabeth Ann BOYES-22125, Houghton le Spring                                         Durham England

1867 - Birth: Caroline Ellen SIMMONS-41274, West Hoathly Sussex England

1887 - Birth: Roy Edward CLIFTON-50019, Kansas United States

1887 - Birth: Alice M ROUSE-43264,

1892 - Birth: Mary GOLDING-35127,

1895 - Birth: Daisy Ambrose GREEN-47251, Newport Isle of Wight England

1896 - Birth: Helene KLOODT -50134, New York City, New York United States

1900 - Baptism: Evelyn Fanny POTHOW-30659, Quemerford, Calne Wiltshire                 England

1903 - Birth: Howard Leslie BARRATT-11818, Peasdown Saint John Somerset                 England

OTHER MARRIAGES

1868 - Marriage: Richard JENNINGS-21694 (Colliery Labourer)  and Emma                   BRAMHAM-40155, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England

1874 - Marriage: Edward HARKER-21503 (Husbandman)  and Mary Ann                       (Servant) Blennerhasset Cumberland England

OTHER DEATHS

1764 - Death: Elizabeth GILES-25208, Tarrant Hinton Dorset England

1918 - Burial: George JENNINGS-17059, (Labourer) Stanley cum Wrenthorpe                West Yorkshire England

1959 - Death: Alice Maud Mary MORRIS-17273, Great Yarmouth Norfolk                       England

1995 - Death: Ethel Phyllis WILKINS-31088, Benfleet Essex England

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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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