seaJane Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Extracted from the GW chapter of Stuart, Dorothy M. King George the Sixth. London: Harrap, 1937. (Apologies for dodgy quality, photographed off screen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 1 hour ago, seaJane said: Extracted from the GW chapter of Stuart, Dorothy M. King George the Sixth. London: Harrap, 1937. (Apologies for dodgy quality, photographed off screen). Eeeww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Kippers and marmalade and bacon and marmalade was always and still is a favourite, came from my dad who was in the RN through the late forties and fifties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 16 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Oh, right ....rather like bacon and maple syrup, I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 mmmmm.....the maple kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 40 minutes ago, seaJane said: Oh, right ....rather like bacon and maple syrup, I suppose... To this day the Canadian forces love for breakfast. They do not understand breakfast or "tea". Where did the floating shop operate? Inland waters or more out to sea? I thought the RN had the fore runner to the NAFFI on board even pre great war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 (edited) It looks as if the Borodino was probably a depot ship for flotillas of smaller craft. It would remain in port, and the smaller vessels would visit as they came off patrols. Kippers and jam? I was reminded of my college days when breakfast sometimes consisted of bacon and homemade fish cakes. An unexpected but pleasant combination, the only snag being that the bacon was streaky and we were given fish knives and forks. We had to cut up the bacon along the fatty streaks and wind it round the fork! Ron Edited 16 January , 2019 by Ron Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Thank you Ron. Who would staff these depot ships? Civvy or navy? My side interest is the formation of the NAFFI(including ASC(canteens) ) (Not a thank you for the culinary insight to high academia!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 16 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Had a quick search around and: http://www.vlib.us/wwi/resources/northseadiary.html "Any account of Scapa in war-time would be incomplete without some reference to the 'Gourko' and the 'Borodino'. The 'Borodino' was run by the Junior Army and Navy Stores, and was either alongside some battleship or anchored conveniently in the middle of the Fleet. When one felt opulent, a party was organized to go shopping, and returned laden with novels, games, and luxuries such as bottles of stuffed olives or salted almonds. The 'Gourko' was the theatre ship." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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