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Wimpy Bar
Long before anyone had ever heard of McDonald’s there was Wimpy here in England. I don’t think I ever actually had a burger, I never liked them but I probably had a milk shake or a coffee. Wimpy Bars...
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Not wasting…
You’re probably looking at this photo and thinking it is a jar of marmalade; if you could see the label properly you would see it says Barmalade (marmalade made by Bari) and you might be wondering why...
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You’ve got to laugh!
Although I have given up teaching, I still do one morning a week as a volunteer for an English conversation group for people whose first language is not English. Not all the ‘teachers’ have actual...
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Flat white…
Having spent a lovely afternoon in snowy Axbridge, we decided to go for a coffee and cake before venturing into the foothills of the Mendips in search of more snow. We went into a small welcoming café...
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Stopped for coffee
I can’t even remember where it was now that we stopped for coffee on the motorway services… I think it may have been on the M4. maybe someone recognizes these posters. It was a fairly ordinary...
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Why is a brilliant coffee house like a brilliant pub?
I am a pub person, I just really like pubs. I suppose the crucial thing is what the beer is like… I don’t just mean do I like it, (although obviously I wouldn’t drink it if I didn’t like it!) I mean is...
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A nice cup of coffee
When I was little we had coffee at breakfast time, made in a percolator with coffee grounds cut with chicory, or we had a milky drink made with Camp Coffee, a sort of chicory essence. Camp Coffee was...
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Try these exciting ways with coffee!
In the little leaflet I found from Maxwell House which was probably given away in the 1950’s or 60’s with three free sachets of coffee, as well as recipes for cookies and biscuits, and for sandwiches,...
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Coffee get-together
If your mum or grandma was reading Woman magazine in 1961, she no doubt would have been delighted to have received a free recipe leaflet containing three sachets of Nescafé instant coffee; Getting...
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Viennese style coffee
Apologies to anyone from Vienna, I’m sure coffee these days is nothing like what I’m about to describe! I have never been to Vienna, and when I think of the city, I think of Harry Lime and the Third...
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