[QUOTE=shytalk;59961]Another from the same poet. Thanks to Ernie on Sailors Home forum for the original posting. dry.gif Another one from Charlie Hobson. I was brought up in the thirties When things where really rough We walked around in parish boots And were fed on suet duff. Consumption it was rampant, in lots of family homes, And for the want of daily milk, There was rickets in our bones. ...