LETTERS Have your say
Your Letters We delve into the first mailbag of 2020
I enjoyed the article on the festive food of earlier days (Repast Pleasures, December/January issue) but, having researched my ancestry back to farm hands from Suffolk I doubt my Christmas fare in those days would have been so luxurious. I also discovered an ancestor called Mary who stole a lamb and served 12 months in prison – now the nursery rhyme “Mary had a little lamb” has an entirely different meaning. Barry Anderson, Las Vegas, by email
Our star letter
receives a copy of 20th Century British Glass by Charles R. Hajdamach, worth £49.50. Write to us at Antique Collecting, Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4SD or email magazine@ accartbooks.com
Left Barry’s ancestors’ Christmas dinner might not have been as grand Right The View Master was the height of ‘60s sophistication
Star letter Left Brian’s tipple was a more modest variety
I raised a dram to the magazine this New Year, thanking you for another year of fascinating stuff. Sad thing was the whisky came from a £9.99 bottle and not a £1.5m bottle of Macallan as per your report (Liquid Gold, December/January issue). Cheers all the same. Brian Lewis, by email I was delighted to take a trip down memory lane when reading about Christmas presents of years gone by (Stocking Thrillers, December/January issue). In fact I was so transported I got my treasured View Master down from the loft to show my daughter. Needless to say her eyes hardly flickered from her iPad. Innocent times. M. Couchman, by email
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