We managed to find some books for the collection.
The where to eat in Wiltshire is from 1979. It gives an amazing insight into the eating habits of the time.
The Hungry man, Sailsbury. Average prices, Lunch 80p, dinner £1.50-£4.65 including vegetables and after dinner coffee. " The menu includes good English food including, venison and duck a l'orange"!
Puppets Restaurant Marlborough, (now the pagoda) £7 all inclusive. House wine £4 a bottle. Food is served Creole style and the house speciality is spare ribs and lamb cutlet louise.
The old bell hotel Warminster, Specialities include, Wiltshire Duck and Apple sauce.
The Crown and Anchor, Ham near Marlborough, Average Prices £1.25- £1.85 wines 35p per glass. "An excellent variety of food is served, from the traditional ploughmans to trout and chips in the basket".
It is very interesting, especially seeing how many of the places have gone. 200-300 year old coaching inn's that have now been converted to houses and flats.
"Before Baby Comes"
was prices at 1/6 and is credited on the cover as being written "by a Physician" on the cover and inside as being by "A Woman Doctor" was published by Glaxo... yes Glaxo the baby milk manufacturer, hmm i wonder if they mention it, oh yes they do! Now GlaxoSunshine milk has added vitamin D and they encourage expenctant mother's to drink it as well as nursing mother's and as a supliment to baby's of they are not getting enough milk and when a mother cannot produce milk it can be used on its own.
Expectant mother's should have 2 pints of milk a day. 1 as a drink and 1 in sauces and puddings. They recommend Sunshine Glaxo milk. It warns that no baby can be perfectly developed unless its mother drinks milk. It is a fascinating book.
I picked up a 2nd button tin.
it is a very pretty Huntly and Palmer's biscuit tin. perfect for buttons.
We also picked up 2 unexpected things. the first was.........
yes a unicycle. a surprise pressie for youngest daughter.
the 2nd, was being overcharged. we had bought the books, the unicycle, the tin and some little things for the spare room. we were given a price and then he said another price £10 higher. I handed over the cash. but then re added it up and it was the original price less the £10. I hate to say it, I think it was not an accident and he was trying it on. luckily there were some other stall holders there who helped re count. i will not be going back to that place again.
Apart from that it was a good day and a good weekend. A perfect antidote to a busy week.
hope you all had a good weekend.
