I never liked Brawn since as a child someone told me it was made from cow and sheep brains. Last week on Oldham Market I saw Pressed Beef. I havent seen it for years and bought a pound ( no daft Kilos on Oldham market) The taste is exquisite if a little salty and not to be confused with potted beef. Jim Sharpe ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Co-op > They've still got one of those "cash wire" arrangements in a big store in > Llandudno. > > The coffee beans probably WERE mixed with the sawdust. After all, they used to > put wood chippings in the raspberry jam in the 1950s. > > And brawn had sawdust in it, too, according to my mum. > > MARGED > > > | I remember as a child being taken to the Co-op and watching in amazement as > | the cash container shot across the shop on a wire and returned with the > | change a second or two later. I can still smell the mixture of coffee beans > | and sawdust. I don't mean they were mixed! There was a wooden floor with > | sawdust and white scrubbed counters. And a machine which ground the > | coffee - a new thing to England then I think. The assistant used to give > | me a slice of some meat, probably brawn or prem, to chew on to keep me quiet > | whilst mam or gran got the divvi sorted out. > | > | Oh, aye lad, those were the days. > | > | Brian B > | Lancashire, UK. > | > | > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > There is a map showing the areas and Counties which this list covers highlighted in red here, > http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ > >