by Granny Spear | Oct 1, 2014
I suppose that what I used to feed the children for breakfast was an old-fashioned version of muesli. Oats or wheat berries would form the base of the meal, and added to that would be any summer fruits that we had, chopped cobnuts or even walnuts if we had them. A few...
by Granny Spear | Sep 26, 2014
When we got married Ernie was bringing home about £1 17s 6d. Now this was long before we went decimal so in todays money that would be about £1.25 a week, a couple of dollars to you Tess. Now, although everyone thinks that we have always had free healthcare in the UK...
by Granny Spear | Sep 17, 2014
I don’t know about over there in America, but here in Britain we are getting nagged to within an inch of our lives to cut down on sugar. They have put targets on how much sugar we should each have every day. This is the most stupid thing I have EVER heard. Who...
by Granny Spear | Sep 12, 2014
It goes without saying that as time has moved on things have become more expensive. What amazes me though is that people choose to spend so much when they really don’t have to. When I was a young mother I could get most of the things I needed by swapping with...
by Granny Spear | Sep 5, 2014
I watched a programme a couple of weeks ago, about allergies. I didn’t really want to watch it, but we were visiting Delores and her lot and she “simply had to see it’ Pah…Delores always has to ‘simply have’ something or other!...
by Granny Spear | Aug 29, 2014
As I’ve said before we grew almost all our own veggies and fruit at Knowle Cottage. Not having mains (electric) power the job of preserving a portion of the harvest to help us out in the winter was a long one. To avoid having to spend so much time all at once,...
by Granny Spear | Aug 21, 2014
There always seems to be some new sickness going around these days. No soon as one thing is sorted out another pops up, it’s enough to make you sick just thinking about it if you ask me. This Ebola thingie that’s in Africa, everybody seems to be thinking...
by Granny Spear | Aug 13, 2014
There was never much money to spare when we were raising the children. Almost everything we had was spent on food and essentials. Admittedly we had no utility bills to pay because the cottage was not connected to mains anything, but still, with all those mouths to...
by Granny Spear | Aug 4, 2014
Living without mains utilities is not easy. If you have children fine tuning your timetable saves a good deal of grief. Granny Spear Explains how she ran her home to make the best of what time she had. There’s no doubt in my mind that having electricity is the...
by Granny Spear | Jul 31, 2014
Everything seems instant these days, done at a breakneck speed that doesn’t give you time to think and reflect on what’s happening. It amazes me that something happen on the other side of the world can be shown on the news almost as it happens. Generally...
by Granny Spear | Jul 25, 2014
Raw milk is a bit of a sore subject with me. I was raised on it, so were my children, and even some of the older grandchildren had it as little ones. None of us ever got sick from it, but now its all cooked to death and regulated. Here’s the thing though one of...
by Granny Spear | Jul 24, 2014
In years gone by people didn’t entertain nearly as much as they do now. The rich did, but of course, they had servants, people who we called ‘in service’ back then. Most of the time we had guests over it was in the summer so the children could play...
