Wellington Pub White Rock Hastings with Ben on the piano 1977

Elaine Roberts… 50p for a double!

Dave Weeks… Who was Ben ?

Coco Pops… The poor Old Wellington wonder who has the sign???

Graham Marriott… I don’t know but it’s not a pub any more you can’t even tell where it was Alan and Dot Chapman were the best landlord and landlady the pub had in the 1980’s used to go in there after ice skating

Coco Pops… Its now a curry house, Sir are you the owner of Marriott’s who had damage from when they were renovating the pub?

Tony Court-holmes… yet another pub that closed

Alan Esdaile… Russell Field mentioned it on my radio show today.

Dawn Leaney… Ben was an older man and used to play regularly in the saloon bar in the London Trader..l believe on the keyboard and sing.

Alan Vale… Add a zero on the end of all those prices. Great sign!

 

 

 

 

Who remembers school puddings?

Eugene Hughes… Chocolate crunch and custard was sooooo good.

Mick O’Dowd… That was my fave! My Mum tried everywhere and everyone to get hold of a recipe for it! She did but it wasn’t quite the same. Custard was also a fave with many seconds. I call it institutional custard.

Allyson Breeds… “Tea leaves and Dripping” I don’t think I would like it now though, much too sweet

Julie Findlay-jones… Chocolate sponge chocolate sauce

Roger Simmonds… How about frog spawn i quite liked it😁

Jan Warren… Yuck!!

Trisha Ann…  I still like it now

Liz Dees Dianto… Chocolate crunch and pink custard yum

Jan Warren… I actually got the chocolate crunch recipe from one of the school dinner ladies so my mum could make it for us!!

Mick Turner… “Lovely Grub!”

Jan Warren… Loved school puddings!!

Mark Randall… (This always prompts a list of ‘no, it was brilliant ‘ ) ,but …
At junior school such was my loathing of Gypsy Tart, my Mum wrote a note excusing me from eating this sludge ( though the accompanying apple was allowed )

Anita Brett-everest… I make that for Bryan

Peter Webb… Loved them although fifty years ago I remember their sago, semolina, tapioca and rice pudding with brown skin

Wendy Weaver… Didn’t have school dinners after I was about 7 or so when the school secretary (who was my cousin) had a large snail in her cabbage so i missed the puddings

Alan Pepper… Now you’re talking ! What about Jam Sponge with Coconut topping and Custard ? That was my favorite at Junior School .

Lyn Humphrey… There was always more custard than was required…… Mind you, chocolate tart & ‘cream’ was a good one. Never had it frequently enough, though.

Jan Deane… Yes loved the jug of different flavoured custards to go with the sponge puddings – chocolate , strawberry, mint – and also the pink rice pudding. All delicious!

Will Cornell… Is this what they served in your school cafeterias? Then it’s official. The Brits definitely have more class than we do. Our school cafeteria kitchen would have a baseball bust a window and fall into a pot of chili and the cook would just keep stirring….and smoking her cigarette with an ash about 3 in. long.

Merv Kennard… Chocolate crunch so hard you could build houses with it. Frog spawn. Just a couple of favourites

Barry French… I’m pretty certain I didn’t dream this. At Claverham one of the puddings was red jelly(Flavour unknown) with a covering of cornflakes, each portion was decorated with a dob of something resembling shaving cream, topped off with a (very dry) Date.  Yum yum!

Graham Sherrington… RICE PUD and STEAM PUD with Custard only two i remember LOVED SCHOOL DINNERS

Allan Mitchell… I remember those days But Yuk.

Paul Gray… I can recall tinned prunes being served with sweetened condensed milk at Priory Road. Obviously keen on keeping us oiks regular.