Happy Days

[JenniC]

Oh how I love Sundays like today. Did not wake up until 09:05... unheard of for me. Hubbie made me breakfast in bed with (so far) no ulterior motive. Spent all day being lazy and read my book, read the papers, edited all my latest cruise photos, checked the Ships forum, to make sure you are all behaving and now cooking together - a nice roast beef, a bottle of Wolf Blass Cabernet Shiraz, rice pudding and then watching Skyfall... As I said Happy Days

[Serendipity]

Sounds like heaven Jenni, I had a lie in this morning and didnt eat breakfast until 11.00am, went to an M & S outlet and bought their fuller longer meals for next week as I am dieting for our cruise, works wonders for me.
Hubby and I just having a glass or port and then I will make dinner followed by a nice Wolf Blass Chardonnay - yes a good day all in all.

[gfwgfw]

What a coincidence, just last night we had dinner with friends

The conversation hit on "the good old days and Sundays was discussed at length

Yes, Sundays was voted that special day, very few shops opened, and if they did it was just for a short time

Sunday lunch was always special, not a hint of horse meat, with dear old Billy Cotton playing on the Radio in the back ground

Afternoon tea was always taken in the front room using the special tea service

Always time to have a friendly chat with friends, neighbours etc

Sans football, horse racing, theatres, bingo, in fact most weekday entertainment was not pursued on Sundays, but we did enjoy our 78's on the wind up gramophone

Church bells ringing, and churchgoers dressed in their Sunday best

A convivial pint at the local reading "The News of the World"

Very little traffic around

. . . . and of course the weekly bath to end our Sundays

Halcyon days - gone forever

[JenniC]

How I remember those days

[Dancing Queen]

I love Sundays always a lazy day for me love to sit and read the Sunday papers and do the Mail crossword and sudoku ( thank goodness MM hasn't found us I wouldn't dare admit to reading the Mail )

[JenniC]

I love Sundays always a lazy day for me love to sit and read the Sunday papers and do the Mail crossword and sudoku ( thank goodness MM hasn't found us I wouldn't dare admit to reading the Mail )

Love it

[Ray B]

GFWGFW said it all, not forgetting "The Navy Lark". To the young ones it must be good to live for today with all the IT that there now is,but ( I'm starting to sound like my dear old dad and grandad ) to remember what we (olden's well i'm just 65) had on the radio all those years back and still talk about it today, it just bring back the good things that still make us laugh today and can be enjoyed still on the BBC radio 4 extra.
Mind you a cruise was just something we saw in a film.

Ray

[gfwgfw]

Jo

I made a dreadful error to admit on the old " what's it" that I once was on the Mail series pay roll

Dear Mr Kane gave me a hard time with his cryptic jibes

Must admit I do miss the old sod, he did bring lots of well written and spunky posts to the old forum

Luboo

Graham

[Silver_Shiney]

GFWGFW said it all, not forgetting "The Navy Lark". To the young ones it must be good to live for today with all the IT that there now is,but ( I'm starting to sound like my dear old dad and grandad ) to remember what we (olden's well i'm just 65) had on the radio all those years back and still talk about it today, it just bring back the good things that still make us laugh today and can be enjoyed still on the BBC radio 4 extra.
Mind you a cruise was just something we saw in a film.

Ray

Don't forget the Clitheroe Kid!

[haveabeer]

Our Sundays as kids was breakfast usually egg and bacon roast at lunchtime followed by beef dripping on toast for tea dad would always have a pint or two of brown ale and a sleep in the afternoon then for tea dad had winkles shelled by us kids then Sunday night at the palladium on the 9inch tv

[Jan Rosser]

What a lovely thread you've started Jenni - brings back so many memories - we used to go every Sunday to my mother-in-law's for tea (egg sandwiches - yuuk) everything home made - she made lovely tarts and cakes. We played cards and listened to the radio - Sing something Simple - anyone remember it then Sunday night at the London palladium with Brucie!

[Silver_Shiney]

What a lovely thread you've started Jenni - brings back so many memories - we used to go every Sunday to my mother-in-law's for tea (egg sandwiches - yuuk) everything home made - she made lovely tarts and cakes. We played cards and listened to the radio - Sing something Simple - anyone remember it then Sunday night at the London palladium with Brucie!

Thanks for that - NOT - Jan! I'm going to have that wretched signature song going round my head for the rest of the afternoon

Mike Samms Singers, wasn't it?

[Jan Rosser]

Sorry Silver Shiney I know what you mean about a song going round and round in your head. To be honest I couldn't remember who sang it but I googled it and apparently it was the Cliff Adams singers accompanied by Jack Emblow on the accordion (now you really wanted to know that didn't you!). "Sing something simple as cares go by la la la" he he!!

[oldbluefox]

On Sundays we usually had egg and bacon for breakfast. Lunch was always a roast with mashed potatoes and veg followed by a crumble or fruit pie. Teatime was always salmon sandwiches followed by tinned peaches with Carnation milk on then we had a slice of sponge cake. It was a special day as that was the only day we had cake.
In the morning we were packed off to Sunday School in our 'best' clothes. Afternoons my parents used to have a nap so we had to disappear somewhere and not disturb them.

[Jean W]

Fruit and Carnation milk - still love it

We used to have beans on toast. The toast on a toasting fork over an open fire!! Toast never tastes the same now

Another thought - the beans had to be in a basin then in a saucepan with water in it. Never, ever could the beans go straight into the saucepan

[oldbluefox]

Jean, making toast on an open fire brings back memories. We didn't have a toasting fork so we used to use an ordinary fork. You held the toast for as long as your hands could stand the heat and how many times did the bread end up on the fire?!!!

As you say though, toast with lashings of butter (or pork dripping with salt and the tasty bits from the bottom of the pan) never tasted better.