My Crabtree and Patsy.
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My Crabtree and Patsy.
If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
Think I'll stick to the chippy on the corner!
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
That Patsy book is a good read, dated but absorbing. There is another Daily Mirror book along similar lines called 'Grow Flowers' priced at 5 bob and the cartoon strips are about Mr Digwell and his gardening.
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
Someone will know what date this was published but rationing didn’t end till mid 1950’s and a lot of species were taken for the table to supplement what the shops could offer, or taken to feed the cat or other pets/livestock....and latterly a lot of arrivals to these shores are partial to eating course fish just as they did where they used to live. It seems that the awareness programs by the Angling Trust and others coupled with tighter enforcement is working ? I’ve read numerous times that Perch and Grayling are delicious but personally have no desire to try them. A chap from Kettering I knew supplied a fish and chip shop in Kettering with numerous Zander he caught/killed fishing in the Fens, what the fish shop sold them as I don’t know...
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
In the book it states that Patsy married Peter (not Mr Crabtrees Peter) in 1946, and also states three years later who would have thought that Daily Mirror readers would be looking forward to see what she would be up to in the kitchen. So the book is 1949 ish I suppose. An advert for military pickle inside states Hayward Bros, 1869-1949.Rutland Rod wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:10 pm Someone will know what date this was published but rationing didn’t end till mid 1950’s and a lot of species were taken for the table to supplement what the shops could offer, or taken to feed the cat or other pets/livestock....and latterly a lot of arrivals to these shores are partial to eating course fish just as they did where they used to live. It seems that the awareness programs by the Angling Trust and others coupled with tighter enforcement is working ? I’ve read numerous times that Perch and Grayling are delicious but personally have no desire to try them. A chap from Kettering I knew supplied a fish and chip shop in Kettering with numerous Zander he caught/killed fishing in the Fens, what the fish shop sold them as I don’t know...
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
My Grandad boiled a tench once. I repeat ONCE
Great book though, must look for a copy.
Great book though, must look for a copy.
Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
Is there a whiff of knee trembling going on with Mr C and Patsy d'ya think?
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
Heresy!!!! but very funnyWindjammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:28 am Is there a whiff of knee trembling going on with Mr C and Patsy d'ya think?
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Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
You can read all about their exploits it in the other book.. Shades of Grayling.Windjammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:28 am Is there a whiff of knee trembling going on with Mr C and Patsy d'ya think?
Re: My Crabtree and Patsy.
Hahaha, would Bernard still provide illustrations...... I'll stop here.Reedling wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:23 amYou can read all about their exploits it in the other book.. Shades of Grayling.Windjammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:28 am Is there a whiff of knee trembling going on with Mr C and Patsy d'ya think?