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Sunday 1 May 2016
The Way We Were
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Today in History
Dancing round the Maypole
Black Forest Gateau
On the First of May, people in
countries all over the world
celebrate May Day. It is often
associated with springtime,
fertility, flowers and crops.
Some flavours go really well
together. A combination I
really liked, that was popular
in the 1960s, was chocolate,
cherries and cream. They were
the basic ingredients for Black
Forest Gateau that was on so
many restaurant menus.
In Great Britain, celebrations
often involved singing and
dancing.
Morris Dancers
often performed on May Day.
Children had a chance to
dance round a Maypole,
weaving in and out with
ribbons. Lots of villages chose
a young girl to be May Queen.
May Day is often a public
holiday. In many countries
it is called International
Workers Day or Labour Day,
celebrating working people.
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I got my recipe from Woman’s
Own. It was a very chocolatey
sponge cake, moistened with
the juice from a tin of black
cherries.
You spread a layer of whipped
cream on one sponge cake,
and half the drained cherries.
The rest of them, and more
cream went on top, then
flakes of chocolate. Delicious!
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Do You Remember
Sonny and Cher
Recognise these two? I had
them straight away, but my
wife Angie had to think about
it. “Oh, it’s Sonny and Cher,”
she said at last.
“Remember their big hit? It
was in the mid sixties,” I said.
Angie thought for a minute.
“Oh, yes,” she said, “it was ‘I
Got You, Babe’.”
When that record came out,
Angie and I had only been
married a couple of years. We
were just setting up home. I
used to go round the house
singing the refrain, “Babe, I
got you, babe. I got you, babe.”
Then I would give Angie a big
kiss and a hug. I soon grew out
of it. The song, I mean, not the
kissing and hugging!
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Fancy dress party outfits
Dear Mary and Jimmy
When my boys were little,
they often got invited to
birthday parties. The parties
were usually held at home
and sometimes they would
have a theme. It might be a
cowboy party, or a football
theme.
I remember what a challenge
it was to think of a costume
for a fancy dress party with
a ‘Spaceman’ theme. We did
quite well in the end, with
colanders and swimming
goggles and lots of silver
painted
cardboard.
The
children thought it was very
exciting to be spacemen,
instead of the usual knights
or soldiers.
Best wishes, from Pauline
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Pets Corner
1. W
hich animal is often
called ‘man’s best friend’?
2. A
tabby is what type of
animal?
3. W
hich pet is often won at
fairs and kept in a bowl?
4. Which small parrot
is often kept as a pet?
Macaw or Budgie
5. Which pet is often called a
bunny?
6. This small pet is not a pig.
Tamworth or Guinea Pig
I Got You Babe
by Sonny and Cher
They say we’re young and we
don’t kn _ _
We won’t find out until we
grow
Well I don’t know if all
that’s tr _ _
‘Cause you got me, and baby I
got y _ _, babe
I got you ba _ _
I g _ _ you babe
They say our love won’t
pay the re _ _
Before it’s earned, our money’s
all been sp _ _ _
I guess that’s so, we don’t
have a pot
But at least I’m sure of all the
things we got babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
8. W
hich one of these is
good at climbing trees?
Dogs or Cats
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7. This pet is a type of turtle.
Tortoise or Hamster
Answers
2. True
4. Babe
6. Rent
1. Dog
3. Goldfish
5. Rabbit
7. Tortoise
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7. Spent 2. Cat
4. Budgie
6. Guinea Pig
8. Cats
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