Author Archives: kayjayaitch

Further Grim Warnings

Posted on December 6, 2018

As a follow up to the previous post of ‘cautionary tales’ taken from Bunty, a story book from the seventies aimed at teenage girls, and with this post I conclude the round half dozen. But once again the consequences are … Continue reading →

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Beyond Sarajevo – The Home Front

Posted on November 21, 2018

Following the outbreak of war in 1914, Germany instituted a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare with the intention of exposing France, Italy, Britain and all other  countries heavily reliant on food imports, to a long term food crisis. These countries viewed … Continue reading →

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The Raisins The Sun-Maid

Posted on October 27, 2018

Where would this blog be without a massive infusion of dried fruits? From sun-soaked South Africa to the mediteranean climes of California dried fruits have been sent out to the entire world. Without them where would be the the Plum … Continue reading →

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The Origins Of Vegetarianism

Posted on September 19, 2018

The images illustrating this article are from Womans Own magazine of the forties and early fifties when vegetarianism was still somewhat of a new fangled fad to the average family. The health benefits were being widely promoted but the old … Continue reading →

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A Series Of Grim Warnings

Posted on September 14, 2018

Ah, how times have changed. In these days of self empowerment and political correctness even to suggest that a person of a certain age (generally under sixteen and, gasp, female!) should have any kind of minor defect would be a … Continue reading →

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Belisha And The Zebra Crossing

Posted on August 1, 2018

Belisha is a card game first published by Castell Brothers Ltd (Pepys Games) in 1937 that utilises the rules of Rummy with the traffic signs in the United Kingdom making up the theme. Instead of the standard suits and numbers … Continue reading →

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Sarajevo And All That

Posted on July 23, 2018

Despite having written a great deal of articles on the second world war I find I have done very little on the first world war (or The War To End All Wars) The recipes I have found that represent the … Continue reading →

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