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a messy job as all the bread was soaked in a big bath, and when ready to be mixed with the
meat, had to be squeezed out dry, and mixed with the meat and pepper and salt etc., and
that's the way we made sausages in those days. It was hard work as we had no electric
gadgets or fridges.”
“Where Norreys Estate is now, used to be Shephard's Meadows. The entrance was a farm
gate next to All Saints' Churchyard and we could walk right the way through to the Warren
House. At the end of the summer dozens of the residents used to go blackberry picking
there. I got many a bowlful. My mother used to make a lot of berry and apple jam and pies”.
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