Web Page No 2532

1^st December 2018

1^st Picture. Typical 1950s picnic

2nd Picture. Picnic Hamper

3^rd Picture. Meths Picnic Boiler

Picnic Time

The food was the domain of my mother and grandmother who would busy themselves over making fairy cakes, a Victoria Sponge, tinned fruit and evaporated milk and paste or ham sandwiches. The menu hardly ever varied. There was always fizzy pop for me and tea for the adults and the making of the tea was an art in itself, but more of that later.

First it was time to pack the car. The first item into the boot was the picnic blanket which would be spread on the grass when we arrived, then a chair for Grandma and three cushions for the rest of us. A box or hamper was next and is contained Bakelite plates, dishes, cups and sauces and knives forks and spoons plus small linen napkins. There were bottles with screw tops sealed with greaseproof paper for milk, little medicine tins or boxes with sugar in them and a screw top jar with the precious loose tea in it. However, the most important item in this box was the teapot with its accompanying tea strainer, loose tea then no tea bags in the 1950s.

Then, in would go the sunshade to protect us from the sun and the umbrella to protect us from the rain and wind breaks to shelter us from strong breezes, sun hats, sun cream, anti-mosquito cream and calamine lotion in case I got sunburnt. Then came the mysterious old biscuit tin with its tightly sealed lid. This was to form a major part of the running of the picnic.

Most families had a tin like this and when the picnic site was reached and everything was laid out it was father who brought this tin from the car and placed it on the rug ready for use. If you have not guessed it already this was the water boiling equipment. Out would come the camping kettle with its folding handle and screw top to the spout and this was slowly filled with some of the water that was brought along in old lemonade bottles so that the tea could be made. Lastly in the tin, which remained in there so as not to be affected by the wind, was the Methylated Spirit stove. Father would pour just enough Meths into the chamber in the bottom of the stove in the tin. Lighting it was always amusing as Dad attacked it with his cigarette lighter which he kept in a little leather pouch with a silver threepenny bit in it to open the bottom of the lighter to top it up. As soon as the stove was burning away with a blue flame the unstoppered kettle was put on the grid over the flames and the wait for tea began. My overriding memory is of the smell of burning meths at every picnic as they boiled the water for the tea.

After the picnic and a short walk in the countryside it was time to repack everything back into the car after having made sure that the Meths stove was completely out. However, this was preceded, believe it or not by more boiling water and the washing up. Mum would bring an enamel bowl with us, plus a dish cloth and tea towels  so everything could be washed up and put away clean before we came home. No Tupperware in those days!

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On this day 1st December 1960-65

On 01/12/1960 the number one single was It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Labour Party Political Broadcast (all channels) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 01/12/1961 the number one single was Little Sister/His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley. The top rated TV show was "Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £not very interesting and Ipswich Town were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was Sunday Night at the London Palladium (ATV)".

On 01/12/1962 the number one single was Lovesick Blues - Frank Ifield and the number one album was On Stage with the Black & White Minstrels - George Mitchell Minstrels. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

 On 01/12/1963 the number one single was She Loves You - The Beatles and the number one album was Please Please Me - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money was worth £12.64 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 01/12/1964 the number one single was Baby Love - Supremes and the number one album was A Hard Day's Night - Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's money was worth £12.24 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 01/12/1965 the number one single was The Carnival is Over - Seekers and the number one album was The Sound of Music Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's money was worth £11.69 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

Web Page No 2530

25^th November 2018

1^st Picture. Arthur Haynes Tramp

2nd Picture. Nicholas Parson

3^rd Picture. Patricia Hayes

4^th Picture. Doctor in Clover

Arthur Haynes (14^th  May 1914 – 19^th  November 1966)

He was an English comedian and star of The Arthur Haynes Show, a comedy sketch series produced by ATV from 1956 until his death from a heart attack in 1966. He also made many radio broadcasts and several films.

Arthur Haynes was born in London, the only child of a Fulham Baker. He started work in a number of odd jobs, doing painting (he was very proud of his painting in later years), plumbing and joinery until the Second World War broke out. He then became an entertainer while serving with the Royal Engineers during the war. A fellow comedian, Charlie Chester, told a story where they were waiting outside Caen and Arthur Haynes pointed to a trench full of mud and a million tiny frogs and said nothing would get him into that. Just then a German aircraft started firing near them and Haynes dived straight into the trench and afterwards emerged covered in mud and frogs.

With Charlie Chester he was part of the British Army's concert party troupe Stars in Battledress and Arthur continued to work with Charlie Chester after the war in the BBC Radio series Stand Easy (1946–49) Charlie Chester had not originally wanted to feature him as he had a full cast but once he heard Arthur Haynes give a high pitched laugh, he knew he could use it and found a place for him. They became a double act in the show where Charlie wrote the scripts. Much later, he returned to BBC radio with The Arthur Haynes Show (1962–65) which ran over four series. He also recorded Arthur Again. Both series were written by Johnny Speight.

On 21^st February 1956, Arthur Haynes appeared in the first edition of ATV variety series Strike a New Note, which was supposed to air talent for the new independent television station. Nicholas Parsons said the show was awful, but he was offered a role after the first few episodes and joined it. A few more shows and there was a clear out and everyone but Arthur Haynes and Nicholas Parsons went. The show was soon renamed Get Happy  and Arthur who had been a stand-up comedian was given his own series later in the year and Nicholas Parsons who had been an all-rounder found himself cast as his straight man.

His ATV series, The Arthur Haynes Show (1956–66), networked on ITV and made him the most popular comedian in Britain. There were 95 thirty-minute shows, 62 thirty-five-minute shows and one fifty-minute show, spread over fifteen series. His most popular character was a working class tramp – created by Johnny Speight who said he got the idea of the tramp from a real tramp who climbed into his Rolls Royce when it was stopped at a traffic light. In 1963 and 1964 Arthur worked with Dermot Kelly who played another tramp (called Irish), who was not very smart. Sometimes Patricia Hayes would join them as a woman tramp. The regular straight man was still Nicholas Parsons. The stars sometimes forgot (or did not bother to learn) their lines, and would ad lib and if someone fluffed a line, that would be used to get more laughs, the player sometimes failing to keep a straight face with occasional bursts of laughter.

The shows would also feature musical guests, such as the Springfields in 1963, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen and the Rolling Stones in 1964, and Joe Brown and the Bruvvers and the Dave Clark Five in 1965. A number of the shows started and ended with Arthur Haynes driving a horse and cart along a narrow country lane, whistling and (unconvincingly) playing a harmonica. Some began with a cartoon workman using a road drill on the show's title.

He received the Variety Club's award as ITV Personality of 1961 and appeared on the Royal Variety Performance in the same year. The shows also made a star of Nicholas Parsons who tended to play supercilious neighbours and authority figures in the comedy sketches. Eventually, as the public began to recognise Nicholas Parsons' skill as a straight man, Arthur decided to dispense with his services. Other stars also made early appearances: in 1962 Michael Caine played a burglar burgling the same house as Arthurs character. He had a good singing voice, which he rarely used on TV, and in 1960 performed a sketch called The Haynes Brothers, where he and Dickie Valentine, wearing a moustache, sang together.

In 1965 Haynes appeared alongside  Rock Hudson / Gina Lollobrigida in Strange Bedfellows. While in Hollywood, Cary Grant turned up with an entourage at a place where he was staying and lavished great praise on him, calling him the greatest comedy star in the world. In 1966, he appeared as a patient in the British film Doctor in Clover.

In 1963 he recorded the novelty songs "Not To Worry" and "Looking Around".

He died of a heart attack in November 1966 in Ealing, at the age of 52, shortly after he returned from America, where he had appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and just before the commencement of shooting for the 16th series of his hit ITV television show. He is buried at Mortlake Cemetery in Kew, London.

Between 2011 and 2013 Network DVD have since released all surviving episodes of The Arthur Haynes Show (from film recordings) on Region 2 DVDs. Volume 1 contains thirteen of the earliest surviving episodes from 1960, while Volume 2 contains twelve episodes dating from 1961. Volumes 3 and 4 contain episodes from 1962, along with episodes  Volumes 5 and 6 both containing episodes based on scripts by Johnny Speight. Volume 7 completes the sequence.

A single collection set titled (The Collected Arthur Haynes Show, consisting all 7 volumes) was later released on 24 April 2017.

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On this day 28^th November 1960-1965.

On 25/11/1960 the number one single was It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Labour Party Political Broadcast (all channels) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 25/11/1961 the number one single was Little Sister/His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley and the number one album was Ipswich Town. The top rated TV show was "Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25.The big news story of the day was Sunday Night at the London Palladium

On 25/11/1962 the number one single was Lovesick Blues - Frank Ifield and the number one album was Out of the Shadows - Shadows. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 25/11/1963 the number one single was She Loves You - The Beatles and the number one album was Please Please Me - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money was worth £12.64 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was Cape Canaveral renamed Cape Kennedy.

On 25/11/1964 the number one single was Baby Love - Supremes and the number one album was A Hard Day's Night - Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's money was worth £12.24 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 25/11/1965 the number one single was The Carnival is Over - Seekers and the number one album was The Sound of Music Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Take Your Pick (AR) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's money was worth £11.69 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

Web Page No 2528

18^th November 2018

1^st Picture. Artic Roll

2nd Picture. Ambrosia Rice

3^rd Picture. Chicken in a basket

4^th Picture. Black Forest Gateau

Food Glorious Food!

When you look back over the past few decades it’s amazing how much our tastes have changed when it comes to our favourite foods. Here are a few stand out dish for every year from 1950 to 1970. From jelly and custard to stuffed peppers, this lovely lot are a real walk down memory lane…

1950: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Because sweet treats were in short supply during the years after the war this amazingly colourful bake was welcomed with open arms when it burst onto the foodie scene in 1950. Made with tinned goods, pineapple upside down cake was an easy thing to whip up with your butter and sugar rations and could make its way round a big family if sliced thinly enough.

1951: SPAM

While fresh meat was still being heavily rationed SPAM provided an unlikely source of protein to thousands of British families during the 1950s. Love them or hate them, SPAM fritters were the dish of the year. These crispy morsels were coated in batter, deep-fried and served up for many a supper.

1952: Baked Alaska

To be a true child of 1952 you’ve got to have had a baked Alaska or two in your time. This science-defying pudding wowed the masses when it was introduced in the 1950s with its hot outside and freezing cold inside. Made with a sponge bottom, a thick layer of jam, a mound of ice cream and a baked meringue shell it really was an impressive party centrepiece.

1953: Devilled Eggs

Liberated from egg and sugar rations but still firmly in the grips of cheese and meat rationing British cooks of 1953 were keen to make the most of their new found culinary freedom. The result? Devilled eggs of course! These were a real favourite for serving up as part of a party spread.

1954: Burgers and Milkshakes

1954 saw the end of rationing altogether and the opening of the first Wimpy Bars, selling burgers and milkshakes to Britain’s teenagers – and they loved it.

1955: Black Forest Gateau

With its layers of chocolate sponge, whipped cream and cherry syrup, Black Forest Gateau was the dish of the moment in 1955, after being invented in Germany some years earlier. It appeared in recipe books everywhere following its inclusion on a list of best-known German cakes in 1949.

1956: Coronation Chicken

Coronation chicken was invented for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953 and gathered popularity with every year that passed. In 1956 this mix of cooked chicken, mayonnaise and curry powder and truly become one of Britain’s favourite lunchtime sandwich fillers.

1957: Rice Pudding

Ah, Rice pudding, a deliciously creamy dessert that was traditionally made in a pot but somehow found its way into a tin during the first world war. Despite the tinned version coming years earlier it was 1957 that marked a huge step change for the most popular brand, Ambrosia, when it had to open up a whole new factory to cope with the demand from the masses.

1958: Chop Suey

A rise in immigration gave us a real taste for strong flavours from further afield. 1958 was the year Chop Suey was introduced to the menu of Butlins’ holiday camps – making it officially a British favourite!

1959: Arctic Roll

Birds Eye inherited Arctic Roll in 1959, when it bought an Eastbourne ice cream factory and went on to have great success with this freezer staple of the time.

1960: Chicken Tikka Masala

The increase in the number of immigrants certainly had an effect on the food we were eating during 1960. It really was the year that Indian restaurants began to flourish and it’s when we first got our taste for chicken tikka masala.

1961: Lager

Although we might think of lager as a national drink now, it wasn’t actually introduced to us until the 1960s.

1962: Cheese and Onion Crisps

Cheese and onion crisps were introduced in 1962 by Golden Wonder and joined the existing crisp flavours of ready salted and salt and vinegar.

1963: Duck a l’Orange

Famously one of Grace Kelly’s favourite dishes duck a l’orange was thought to be one of the most exotic flavour combinations to date in 1963. Rarely before had meat been paired with fruit and was thought of as very modern.

1964: Prawn Cocktail

We can’t help but hold a fond place in our hearts for all children of 1964 because their birthdays coincide with one of our all time favourite  The prawn cocktail.

1965: Crêpe Suzette

Following on from 1963s duck a l’orange the next recipe to gain popularity using oranges was crêpe Suzette. The recipe was brought over from France and it became one of the stand out dishes of the year.

1966: Chicken Liver Pate

In the 1960s we were a lot more used to offal and using up every part of the animal, which meant chicken liver pate quickly became one of the most loved dishes.

1967: Angel Delight

Question: What is nationally famous dish, enjoyed by millions from its first appearance in 1967, is made of whey powder combined with several emulsifiers and gelling agents and (despite these unlovely ingredients) was originally marketed as a health food? Answer: Angel Delight, this odd y dessert was served up in glasses all over Britain during 1967.

1968: Jelly and custard

What child doesn’t love jelly and custard? This school canteen favourite was made popular in the late 1960s thanks to its cheap packet ingredients and simple flavours.

1969: Fray Bentos Pies

Fray Bentos pies were the latest in a sudden line up of convenient meals in the late 1960’s. All that was required from any cook was to peel back the ring pull tin lid and bake the pie in the oven.

1970: Spaghetti Bolognese

Believe it or not back in 1970 spaghetti bolognese was a pretty fashionable ‘foreign’ dish that would be served up at dinner parties up and down the land. Guests often spent the evening working out how to get the slippery strands into their mouths while trying to avoid tomato sauce going all down their best dress!

I know I have not mentioned at least three classics Instant Whip, Chicken in a Basket and Scampi in a basket. I will leave those for another day.

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On this Day 18th November 1960-1965

On 18/11/1960 the number one single was It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Take Your Pick (AR) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

18/11/1961 the number one single was Little Sister/His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley and the number one album was Another Black & White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels. The top rated TV show was Sunday Night at the London Palladium (ATV) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and Ipswich Town were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 18/11/1962 the number one single was Lovesick Blues - Frank Ifield and the number one album was West Side Story Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 18/11/1963 the number one single was You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & the Pacemakers and the number one album was Please Please Me - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Conservative Party Political Broadcast (all channels) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money was worth £12.64 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was Socialists win Dundee West by-election.

On 18/11/1964 the number one single was Baby Love - Supremes and the number one album was A Hard Day's Night - Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's money was worth £12.24 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 18/11/1965 the number one single was Get Off Of My Cloud - Rolling Stones and the number one album was Liverpool. The top rated TV show was "Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music.

A pound of today's money was worth £not very interesting and 11.69 were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was Take Your Pick (AR)".

Web Page No 2526

11^th November 2018

1^st Picture. Bottle of Quink

2nd Picture. Parker 51

3^rd Picture. Osmiroid Pen

4^th Picture. Watermans Ink

Quink

We all must have used gallons of Quink Ink in our school days and thought nothing of it, so here is a little of the history of Quink.

Quink is what is termed as a portmanteau word coming from 'quick' and 'ink' and was and still is a fountain pen ink developed by the Parker Pen Company. It was introduced in 1931 and has remained in production ever since.

In 1928, under the direction of Kenneth Parker, the Parker Pen Company set out to develop a new and improved fountain pen ink. Inferior inks had long been the main cause of clogged fountain pens, yet popular ink formulations had remained unchanged in decades. Research for the project was initially outsourced to Miner Laboratories of Chicago. In August 1930 one of the lead chemists, Galen Sayler, was hired directly and put to work in a small laboratory at company headquarters in Janesville, Wisconsin. It was here that he developed the formula for a non-clogging ink. Once developed Quink was heavily advertised, and was an immediate success. According to Kenneth Parker's personal journal, Quink production began on March 17^th  1931, and $89,000 worth had been shipped by October 22^nd, more than twice the company's expectations and an excellent return on the $68,000 spent on its development. Quink was introduced as a general-purpose ink, safe for use in all fountain pens. It remains in production to the present day and with only minor changes in formulation.

The success of Quink lay in its useful features: it had the desired quality of ink flow, it resisted water and moulding, it was non-corrosive, and it was claimed to be quick-drying. From the beginning it was advertised as containing a secret additive which purportedly dissolved sediment and reduced clogging. In 1942 this additive was given the trademarked name of "Solv-X".

Quink was developed and introduced when the Duofold Pen was Parker's flagship line, but the Duofold's successor, the Vacumatic  was already under development and was in full production by 1933. Vacumatics held their ink supply directly within their celluloid barrels, so Quink was formulated accordingly.

Quink is not to be confused with two special inks formulated exclusively for use in the Parker 51. This ink was highly alkaline and while water-based, also included a substantial amount of alcohol in its make up. It was released in 1941 as "51" ink, along with the Parker 51 pen; in 1947 it was made somewhat less corrosive, and renamed "Superchrome". Parker was careful to print prominent warnings on caps, labels, and boxes that the ink could only be used in the 51 (and, later, its economy version, the 21), and would damage any other pen.

Prior to the full public introduction of the Parker 51 in 1941, selected market testing of the new pen was carried out, starting in 1939. Since the 51 and its special ink had been designed together as a complete system, the new ink was given limited release in tandem with the market tests under the name "Double Quink". By all evidence, Double Quink was not advertised to the general public, and the name was dropped once the 51 went on general sale. Actual surviving examples of Double Quink bottles would appear to be vanishingly rare: not a single photo appears in the Shepherds' officially-sponsored Parker 51 monograph, despite the researchers' access to Parker's own archives as well as collections worldwide.

For most of us, when we were at school, we were normally forced to use Osmiroid Pens, which were made in Gosport, unless we were lucky enough to be given a Parker pen as a gift.  

Mind you Quink was not the only ink we used there was also Stephens and the unique coloured Watermans.

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Aaah!  Bonfire night memories.  I use to save up my megre pocket money allowance to buy fireworks from Taylor's corner shop some 3 weeks before the excitement of the big night.  I would normally have at least 30 1d "Mighty Atoms" put aside after the home garden display and saved for the trip to Flint House grounds where a huge bonfire would have been built over the past two weeks. Anyone remember eating the baked potatoes cooked in the hot ashes of the fire?  I have to admit it would be the only night that I would venture into Flint House grounds after dark with company as I truly believed it was haunted.

                        Penny banger's in those days were quite powerful for their size and I know for a fact that 3 "Mighty Atoms" tied together could easily split a brown ceramic drain pipe as I found out on November 5th 1959  and I still have a guilt trip about doing that even after all these years. So I would like to apologise to the Co-op Bakery for what I did. But hang on, the Co-op Bakery is no longer there, it has been demolished so forget all what I have just written by way of a confession.

Melvyn "Griff" Griffiths.  (  Young Vandal )

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On this day 11th November 1960-1965

On 11/11/1960 the number one single was Tell Laura I Love Her - Ricky Valance and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was No Hiding Place (AR) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was US places embargo on goods to Cuba.

On 11/11/1961 the number one single was Walkin' Back to Happiness - Helen Shapiro and the number one album was The Shadows - Shadows. The top rated TV show was Sunday Night at the London Palladium (ATV) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and Ipswich Town were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 11/11/1962 the number one single was Telstar - The Tornadoes and the number one album was Best of Ball Barber & Bilk. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 11/11/1963 the number one single was Do You Love Me? - Brian Poole & the Tremoloes and the number one album was Please Please Me - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money was worth £12.64 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 11/11/1964 the number one single was Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison and the number one album was A Hard Day's Night - Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's money was worth £12.24 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.

On 11/11/1965 the number one single was Tears - Ken Dodd and the number one album was The Sound of Music Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's money was worth £11.69 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.