I have a Geordie buddy whose first job back in the 60s was prepping tea for the factory workers. They got a 15 minute break to have their tea, which was prepared exactly as they liked it. Americans could benefit from such a practise...
My parents would sing this, thank you for this lovely memory. And for the fact I'm glad I don't have to make half the tea I used to. Edit: I miss my parents though.
Too bad Long John Baldry is no longer with us - i first heard this on his 1971 album of the same title. I'm sure his version is somewhere around here...
I visited the Isles in 74. My sister had already been living there. They dragged me off the plane and took me to a cricket match. At 4 there was tea time and my American mind was gobsmacked. (Got that from you guys.) It was all true!
I work in a retirement home, I actually stop in the middle of my shift, whatever I'm doing to make extra cups of tea for any one who asks. Somethings transcend time.
Ah, I needed to start my day with that smile!! And some tea... (proper *British* tea, of course!) I'm American, but have always been a tea drinker, & have flatted with Brits, Aussies, & Kiwis both overseas & in the States. Now, if I only had some Marmite...*sigh*
@@codex8654 oh man you had me there! Really was like wow my cousin went to mount Kilimanjaro however if you dream it them it can happen . Let's climb mount Kilimanjaro atleast once in our life*****
There is a song I heard once that includes the line, "and home in time for tea!" My guess is that it was written around the 1920s, perhaps a little later. I have a very vague feeling that it was satirising an incompetent general - but I couldn't swear to that. If you know it, I'd really like to hear it again.
Every nation in creation has its favourite drink France is famous for its wine, it’s beer in Germany Turkey has its coffee and they serve it blacker than ink Russians go for vodka and England loves its tea
Absolutely hilarious - although we awon’t mention how the poms shafted the ANZACs at Gallipoli because they decided to stop for tea......,,,,,🤔🤦♂️🤦♂️😕
My American friends would not believe this, and I as an American had to convince them constantly that my 20 years in living and working in Great Britain, everyone had to take their turn making tea for tea time at work. Civilized, that lot.