www.sullatoberdalton.com/books/best-in-show
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Grandfather
Best in Show was based on the competition between those competing in flower shows and while I have barely mentioned it in these chronicles, gardening was a large part of life in the village, especially during WW2. Everybody grew vegetables but one of the necessities of life for my grandfather was his tobacco and he started to grow his own. He'd been in the Royal Navy and always maintained a sailor could turn his hand to anything but how he learned to dry and make a twist in those days before the web, I don't know. The twist turned out to be a kind of black thick tarry cord, full of treacle and other secret ingredients although I doubt if there was any rum in the mixture. Mind you, he was security at the entrance to the army camp and perhaps he got some from a connection there. That would have been typical. If there was ever anyone who saw 'can't be done' as a challenge it was my grandfather.
www.sullatoberdalton.com/books/best-in-show
www.sullatoberdalton.com/books/best-in-show
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Cairndhu,
Can't be done,
Gardening,
Royal Navy,
rum,
tobacco,
treacle,
WW2
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