Most of the M1 motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968. These photographs were probably taken some time during that period.
Old Signpost to the M1 Motorway
Look, no central reservation barrier! If only the traffic flow was still like this today.
Old Photo of the M1 Motorway (click to enlarge)
I’d be very interested to know if anyone can tell me the exact location of this bridge.
(From my grandpa’s collection of old slides – see this post for more information.)
(This recipe comes from my great-grandmother’s 1909 publication of ‘Mrs Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery’ – see this post for more information.)
NOUGAT
INGREDIENTS.-¾ lb. of best castor sugar, ½ lb. of almonds, 1 dessertspoonful of lemon-juice.
METHOD.-Blanche and chop the almonds coarsely, dry them thoroughly in the oven, but do not let them brown. Place the sugar and lemon-juice in a copper sugar boiler or stewpan, stir with a spatula or wooden spoon until it acquires a pale brown colour, and add the prepared almonds. Turn on to an oiled slab, press it out with a hot wet knife, mark into small squares, and when cold break them apart.
If you need to know how to clean wallpaper, look no further than Mrs Beeton’s words of wisdom.
(From my gran’s 1894 publication of ‘Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book and Household Guide’ – see this post for more information.)
WALL PAPER, TO CLEAN.
If not very dirty, tie a soft clean cloth over a long soft broom and brush the walls with it in straight lines ; if, however, the paper be very much soiled, stale bread should be used to cleanse it. Cut a stale quartern loaf in thick slices and rub the paper very lightly with it, going always in one direction and discarding the bread when dirty. Dough may be used instead of bread ; and in either case it is best first to take off all the dust from the paper in the way described above with a broom.
Avon Dam near South Brent in Devon (click to enlarge)
This photograph is of the Avon Dam on Dartmoor, not far from South Brent, and was taken in June 1966. There are more photos in the collection which were taken on the same day and it would appear to have been a family day out. I’m in some of the pictures, aged 3.
(From my grandpa’s collection of old slides – see this post for more information.)
(This recipe comes from my gran’s 1894 publication of ‘Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book and Household Guide’ – see this post for more information.)
PICKLED NASTURTIUMS (a very good substitute for Capers).
INGREDIENTS.- To each pint of vinegar 1 oz. salt, 6 peppercorns, nasturtiums.
Mode.- Gather the nasturtium pods on a dry day, and wipe them clean with a cloth ; put them in a dry glass bottle with vinegar, salt, and pepper as above. If you cannot find enough ripe to fill a bottle, cork up what you have got until more are fit : they may be added from day to day. Bung up the bottle, and seal or resin the tops. They will be fit for use in 10 or 12 months ; and the best way to make them one season for the next.
Seasonable.-Look for nasturtium-pods from the end of July to the end of August.
Illustration from Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book
