Just the same in my younger days,so similar its untrue,however it sounds like we lived with Oliver twist,how times have changed. I think it was the same for many households mate our mothers ran a tight shift an only had a certain amount of money . If we're out playing we could come home and have a glass of water no cans of coke. A takeaways was fish and chips not kebabs kfc or anything else like that , my mother made cakes or fruit pies on a Sunday and that was it . So to me with all the sweets and good food at Christmas brings back good memories it was a time when working class families ce