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In the Pink Saturday - Day 294
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GinN | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:45 |
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Yes, in those days people used to drink spirits with a large dollop of a sweet cordial - Awful! :-P :-P |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:43 |
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Got tipsy and sick on rum and black too. |
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LondonBelle | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:43 |
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OMG, Barb .....Berni Inns....whatever happened to them ;-) :-D :-D |
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LondonBelle | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:41 |
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In my youf it was rum & black or rum & pep....could drink neither now YUK ;-) :-D :-D |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:40 |
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Remember the Berni Inns with the sherry in glasses and schooners. |
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GinN | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:39 |
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I think one of the most awful drinks I tried was bitter and blackcurrant! What was I thinking of :-0 :-D ;-) |
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LondonBelle | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:38 |
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You're quite right Ann :-0 I found out just how weak I was :-( :-( |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:37 |
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OOh yes Gin and Orange, Gin and lime came after Cherry B, and snowballs were soon on the menu too. I am talking here 1957/58 to 1960 |
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Mersey | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:36 |
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Im not on the lash not this week, got me pjs on and im in me boudoir :-D :-D think youve had too much gin already Auntie Barb :-D :-D ;-) |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:36 |
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Cor, forgot about Cherry B. :-D :-D :-D :-D |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:35 |
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I have never tried scrumpy having been warned off it by my OH whose Great Uncle owned a cider orchard in Somerset when OH was a lad. :-D It is not for the weak. |
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GinN | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:35 |
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You sound like a lass after my own heart, Ann :-D :-D :-D ;-) ;-) |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:34 |
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Oooooh not gin & orange, pass a bucket ;-) ;-) ;-) :-( :-( |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:33 |
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Re the many tastes comment Mersey...... Well I have been around a long time to collect them all! :-D |
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LondonBelle | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:33 |
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I was very ill on scrumpy once....me not like cider now :-( :-( |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:32 |
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Yes babycham was the first alcoholic drink I had, not with my T total Mum's knowledge and then CherryB anyone remember that? |
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LondonBelle | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:32 |
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No red wine for me....give me headaches :-( |
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GinN | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:31 |
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My pals and me used to drink cider with green ginger wine when we went out on the lash - often heavy on the ginger wine - oh! I can still feel those hangovers! :-P :-P ;-) :-D :-D |
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Mersey | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:29 |
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Now Ann I do love an ice cold shandy , a larger top *licks Lips* you are a lady with many many tastes :-D :-D ;-) |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 22 Mar 2014 17:29 |
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Fly is teetotal, aren't you hun :-D :-D |
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