25 Things on TOAST Everyone Who Grew Up in 1970s Britain Had for Tea the Night Before Payday

Sugar on toast, mashed banana, golden syrup, the last scrape of jam, lemon curd, fish paste, tinned tomatoes, mushrooms from the field, kidneys, eggy bread, a toasted teacake, macaroni cheese and ravioli from the tin, soft herring roes, fried cod roe, pilchards, Sunday salmon, the black spread from the brown jar, spaghetti and hoops, sardines, scrambled egg, poached egg, cheese on toast and beans on toast. These are twenty five things on toast that working families in 1970s Britain had for tea, when the wage packet only came tomorrow. It is nineteen seventy five, ten past five on a weekday in the North. Half a loaf, one tin, and the grill of the gas cooker glowing red. For each one you will hear where it came from, what it cost in minutes of your dad's work, and why some of them quietly disappeared from the table. Tell us in the comments where you grew up, and whether you called it tea, dinner or supper. 0:00 Intro 1:27 Twenty five, Sugar on toast 1:58 Twenty four, Mashed banana on toast 2:34 Twenty three, Golden syrup on toast 3:12 Twenty two, Jam on toast, and the scrape at the bottom of the jar 3:35 Twenty one, Lemon curd 4:02 Twenty, Fish paste, out of the little glass jar 4:33 Nineteen, Tinned tomatoes on toast 4:59 Eighteen, Mushrooms on toast 5:25 Tea, dinner or supper, and the pay packet 6:18 Seventeen, Kidneys on toast 6:44 Sixteen, Eggy bread 7:11 Fifteen, A toasted teacake 7:40 Fourteen, Macaroni cheese out of a tin 8:05 Thirteen, Ravioli from a tin 8:24 The sliced loaf and the grill pan 9:17 Twelve, Soft herring roes on toast 9:58 Eleven, Cod's roe, fried in slices 10:17 The Cod Wars 10:58 Ten, Pilchards in tomato sauce 11:44 Nine, Tinned salmon, for Sunday tea 12:15 Eight, The black spread from the little brown jar 12:58 Seven, Spaghetti from a tin 13:26 Six, Spaghetti hoops 13:54 What a tea on toast cost in 1975 14:39 Five, Sardines on toast 15:13 Four, Scrambled egg on toast 15:42 Three, A poached egg on toast 16:20 Two, Cheese on toast 16:58 Number one, Beans on toast 18:07 Twenty five things on toast later