tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.comments2024-03-18T11:56:15.953+00:00A Yorkshire MemoirTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger9432125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-9681762412664173522024-03-18T11:56:15.953+00:002024-03-18T11:56:15.953+00:00Oh yes! Don't hold out too many hopes of posts...Oh yes! Don't hold out too many hopes of posts in combination to make pied piper or pie-eyed. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-86216932680887832622024-03-18T11:54:05.997+00:002024-03-18T11:54:05.997+00:00You could invent a game in which victims get cover...You could invent a game in which victims get covered head to foot in golden syrup. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-48850194234637332702024-03-18T11:52:25.963+00:002024-03-18T11:52:25.963+00:00He appears several times in other posts. He appears several times in other posts. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-22068485051403875852024-03-18T11:51:14.029+00:002024-03-18T11:51:14.029+00:00I think we just accepted these kinds of pranks as ...I think we just accepted these kinds of pranks as part of life. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-42324893615203097832024-03-18T11:49:31.079+00:002024-03-18T11:49:31.079+00:00There are few, if any, references to it online. There are few, if any, references to it online. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-33707099317483524242024-03-16T17:38:07.278+00:002024-03-16T17:38:07.278+00:00Apple pie? =]Apple pie? =]Liam Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585790660383219089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-14507392490226623342024-03-16T14:37:38.692+00:002024-03-16T14:37:38.692+00:00Thinking of party games when mine were young. The...Thinking of party games when mine were young. There was a mummifying game, you got wrapped up in loo paper. A tray full of bits and bobs, for which you were blindfolded and then told to name the objects. Then there was bowls full of yucky stuff, again blindfolded and you had to put your hand in them. Such games have vanished, probably for the good, for your moon game was slightly malicious.<br />As for Golden Syrup, the tin was beautiful very tempting for a child but the syrup was too sweet.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-6508805841823772432024-03-16T06:14:38.931+00:002024-03-16T06:14:38.931+00:00Ps: what kind of monster did Geoffrey Bullard turn...Ps: what kind of monster did Geoffrey Bullard turn into? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-60678823952543772822024-03-16T06:11:13.759+00:002024-03-16T06:11:13.759+00:00Here we only used evaporated milk for candy making...Here we only used evaporated milk for candy making or baking. I have never even heard of follow the moon. Suddenly I feel quite shortchanged.Debbyhttps://lifesfunnylikethat.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-75582904584827192562024-03-15T17:41:41.956+00:002024-03-15T17:41:41.956+00:00Hardly surprising (having grown up at a different ...Hardly surprising (having grown up at a different time and in a different country), I am not familiar with any of the food and drink you mention here, apart from having come across it every now and then in a book.<br /><br />The party game sounds... fun, if one likes that kind of thing. I know that I would have been VERY offended and really cross with my parents if they had done that to me.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-18412375836773300202024-03-15T11:31:04.153+00:002024-03-15T11:31:04.153+00:00It would work in shortbread but in salad cream it ...It would work in shortbread but in salad cream it would surely be awful. Carnation is probably something you need to have acquired a taste for early on. It is very sweet. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-24713519058190172302024-03-15T11:27:32.370+00:002024-03-15T11:27:32.370+00:00We all played together rather than sitting looking...We all played together rather than sitting looking at phones. There seem to be no references to the moon game online. I wonder as JayCee suggests whether my dad invented it. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-55088633845776045582024-03-15T11:24:00.696+00:002024-03-15T11:24:00.696+00:00The design has not been changed for around 150 yea...The design has not been changed for around 150 years until now, when a stylised lion is being introduced. As far as I can make out, this is only on the new squeezy plastic pots, and the metal tins are also being kept for now. But from the marketing drivel, you can see the way things are going. <br />If you look closely, you can see it is a dead lion with a bees nest in it. From the bible story of Samson and the lion. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-1145021503378078902024-03-15T11:18:12.670+00:002024-03-15T11:18:12.670+00:00Having it with coffee would spoil the Carnation. I...Having it with coffee would spoil the Carnation. I would rather have a spoonful on its own. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-59787166035270835262024-03-15T11:16:36.247+00:002024-03-15T11:16:36.247+00:00I think because they were so sugary, they absorbed...I think because they were so sugary, they absorbed a lot of moisture from the atmosphere if you had them too long. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-56970133612413133332024-03-15T11:14:36.421+00:002024-03-15T11:14:36.421+00:00The treacle through your letter box was nothing to...The treacle through your letter box was nothing to do with me. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-58205953856468829942024-03-15T11:03:14.089+00:002024-03-15T11:03:14.089+00:00Carnation was something I had to encounter first i...Carnation was something I had to encounter first in adulthood - and didn't enjoy it. In NZ our sweetened condensed milk was branded 'Highlander' (with picture of a kilted, feather bonneted, pipe major on it - less 'Highlander' I could hardly imagine) - but it was definitely one to sneak spoonfuls from if a tin was found 'languishing' in the fridge. My grandmother used it as the basis of her salad cream (and in her famous shortbread). I believe you could boil up an unopened tin to make caramel but mother would never let us be so 'wasteful'.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-52673948843026233822024-03-15T08:07:17.825+00:002024-03-15T08:07:17.825+00:00So much of what you describe seems so familiar to ...So much of what you describe seems so familiar to me (except for the moon game of course). Life was a lot more simple then, but we still had fun. Addyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715662225929616219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-80220678456976360492024-03-15T07:59:29.236+00:002024-03-15T07:59:29.236+00:00Dear Tasker, in my Bavarian kitchen stands a very ...Dear Tasker, in my Bavarian kitchen stands a very beautiful tin of Lyle's Black Treacle - filled, but the design of the tin looks terrifically old-fashioned, with a lion in the middle. Love it! <br />The game you described sounds fun - though I will not try it on my grandchildren triplets. But if in a few years they will invite me to a play of "Follow the Moon" I will be warned! :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-81950445778998497962024-03-15T00:07:58.360+00:002024-03-15T00:07:58.360+00:00As a child my exposure to Carnation was at the hom...As a child my exposure to Carnation was at the homes of aunts and uncles who lived on farms and used Carnation in their coffee, to my father's dismay. He used cream.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-37699714676299750222024-03-14T22:18:58.845+00:002024-03-14T22:18:58.845+00:00What shocking physical child abuse and humiliation...What shocking physical child abuse and humiliation. However, very amusing.<br />We always had a rusting tin of golden syrup and one of treacle in the kitchen cupboards of my childhood but I never remember them being used.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-61958359406807164582024-03-14T22:13:21.765+00:002024-03-14T22:13:21.765+00:00Was your father some kind of sadist? Mind you, it ...Was your father some kind of sadist? Mind you, it seems your mother was involved too! Amazing that you turned out to be such a jolly, well-balanced grown-up.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-70574337228516604332024-03-14T21:24:38.609+00:002024-03-14T21:24:38.609+00:00I bet you've just put it on your shopping list...I bet you've just put it on your shopping list. <br />I imagine I felt cheated going last, not seeing anyone else get a soaking. I should at least have been allowed to do it to my mum and dad. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-16879302706560386292024-03-14T21:21:55.275+00:002024-03-14T21:21:55.275+00:00He would probably get put on a register for a game...He would probably get put on a register for a game like that now, but it was all very innocent. I don't remember Carnation cream, only the evaporated and the condensed milk. The evap. is yummy on tinned fruit except pineapple and oranges which curdle it. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-91818202830713519462024-03-14T20:13:03.562+00:002024-03-14T20:13:03.562+00:00Tinned fruit and evaporated milk - what a treat. F...Tinned fruit and evaporated milk - what a treat. Follow the moon sounds fun, so long as you're the dumper and not the dumpee. Happy memories:-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.com