[Please note that I will not be blogging A to Z on Saturdays but will
continue with G on Sunday. Look forward to seeing you then.]
F Smell:
Flowery birthday cards - I loved getting flowery birthday cards when I was young. The card was impregnated with a perfume and I used to sniff it to pieces.
F Memories:
Food - Food in the 50s was plain and
predictable. It was only a few years after the end of the 2nd World War and meat and cheese were still rationed until 1954.
By the
60s our tastes were becoming more adventurous. I can still remember the excitement when Mum made our first Vesta meal. This involved small cubes of reconstituted meat that were left to sit in boiling water and then topped off
with noodles which Mum had dunked into the chip pan to make them crispy. It sounds
mundane now but in those days it was as exotic as cheese and
tinned pineapple on cocktail sticks.
Fogs and smogs - Every house had a fire. Factory chimneys spewed out smoke day and night. Is it any wonder that we had fogs and smogs? You often literally couldn't see a hand in front of your face. The most exciting part of a fog was knowing that we'd be sent home early from school. The buses would stop running as soon as a fog descended and the schools had to close so we could get home safely. Excellent!
F Programmes:
Food - Food in the 50s was plain and
predictable. It was only a few years after the end of the 2nd World War and meat and cheese were still rationed until 1954.By the
60s our tastes were becoming more adventurous. I can still remember the excitement when Mum made our first Vesta meal. This involved small cubes of reconstituted meat that were left to sit in boiling water and then topped off
with noodles which Mum had dunked into the chip pan to make them crispy. It sounds
mundane now but in those days it was as exotic as cheese and
tinned pineapple on cocktail sticks.Fogs and smogs - Every house had a fire. Factory chimneys spewed out smoke day and night. Is it any wonder that we had fogs and smogs? You often literally couldn't see a hand in front of your face. The most exciting part of a fog was knowing that we'd be sent home early from school. The buses would stop running as soon as a fog descended and the schools had to close so we could get home safely. Excellent!
| Fireball XL5 |
F Programmes:
On TV:
Dr Finlay's Casebook
The Fugitive
Fireball XL5
On Radio:
Forces Favourites, later called Family Favourites, they played musical requests for the armed forces in Germany.
F Names:
F Music:
Georgie Fame singing The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
Dr Finlay's Casebook
The Fugitive
Fireball XL5
On Radio:
Forces Favourites, later called Family Favourites, they played musical requests for the armed forces in Germany.
| Adam Faith |
Michael Foot MP
General Franco, Spain
Albert Finney
George Formby
Connie Francis
Billy Fury
Adam Faith
Marianne Faithful
Fleetwood Mac
Freddie and the Dreamers
Georgie Fame who provides the...F Music:
Georgie Fame singing The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
Which Fs did you remember?
