[Vwoolf] The Blitz Spirit (7)

[Diane Reynolds]

These are fascinating stories. My aunt, born in 1943, lived in Czechoslovakia and tells a similar story of what an exotic treat a banana was at Christmas. I think of the bombings and the food rationing in Europe often these days as I complain to myself about the pandemic.  

I’m so glad some agreement seems underway on Brexit. I remember all the endless strikes in England in 1978-79, when you never knew what was going to be on the grocery shelves or not and all the trash was piled up in the London  squares. What would Virginia Woolf have thought? Being American, I was very impressed at how orderly everyone was in England, when this country would have been in chaos.

Happy holidays! 

> On Dec 24, 2020, at 3:59 AM, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> “The supermarket chain Sainsbury's said that if the travel restrictions continued there could be some food shortages, including of salad leaves and citrus fruit.” (BBC)
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> From Alan Bennett’s “A Private Function” (set in 1947):
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> PC PENNY: Mrs Metcalf?
> MRS METCALF: What love?
> PC PENNY: Are you wanting that banana?
> MRS METCALF: (Apologetically) I am, love, I’m planning a trifle.
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>  
> Stuart
> (Day 282)
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