The "Old Days"? - 11th Aug 2010 2:48pm
Just posted in a topic about the price of fish and it got me thinking about the past. We were not a big family (7) but my Dad struggled to make ends meet. We used to go lay line fishing almost every day from around Easter until the end of September or until the dark and weather prevented us. We would go and dig bait as the tide went out and then take the fish off the lay line and re-bait the hooks and leave them for the incoming tide. We did this twice a day (for each high tide).
We ate the fish we caught and this formed a staple part of our diet for a large part of the year. My Dad turned the garden over to cultivation and grew onions, potatoes, carrots, cabbages, and tomatoes in a green house. Do any other WikiWirral members have similar memories of hard times in the 60's and 70's or even before or after?
We ate the fish we caught and this formed a staple part of our diet for a large part of the year. My Dad turned the garden over to cultivation and grew onions, potatoes, carrots, cabbages, and tomatoes in a green house. Do any other WikiWirral members have similar memories of hard times in the 60's and 70's or even before or after?