Wanna Rolex guvnor?

 

This week just a few photos of local tradespeople.

The local milkman is a rare sight in England. Here many of the locals own a few goats and sometimes a cow or two (and occasionally a turkey!) which they raise to get some extra income.

 

To distribute the milk they may send their children door to door. Sometimes there will be old fashioned milk urns strapped to the back of a motorbike which then delivers to customers.

 

Milk is sold by the jug, and poured into any container that the customer brings, which could be a saucepan, a jug , a plastic bottle or in this case a jerry can with the milk being measured out in an orange plastic  jug.

 

There a couple of things to be careful when buying  local milt:

-          The milk may be watered down, and the water may not be clean

-          It will be natural, unpasteurised milk from cows which will probably have brucellosis, so needs boiling and cooling before use.

 

Bread (usually sweet, with extra sugar) is a popular food. There a several small local bakeries who will deliver to houses of regular customers as well to small grocery shops.

As for a ‘Rolex’, this is an egg omele

tte rolled inside a chapatti which is called a ‘Rolex’, derived presumably from ‘Rolled Egg’s! They are often cooked fresh from stalls outside a shop or café, and cost about 45p. As for hygiene, you get what you pay for!

Finally one of the items the hospital gives to new mothers, particularly those with little money is a pack of knitted baby clothes and blankets, usually gifted by supporters from the UK. Malcolm asked Sister Eunice, the maternity in-charge, for a photo of the stock so that the UK organiser would get an idea of what is needed.