raymondo1952 Â Â 11 #25 Posted May 21, 2018 While working in the steel works we used to take a mashing can .When it got empty this was afternoon shift when waiting for bars to heat up ,we sent the cans to the pub to have a pint put in them also you could get a pass out to go for a drink then return to do the work Wouldn't happen today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981   10 #26 Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) While working in the steel works we used to take a mashing can .When it got empty this was afternoon shift when waiting for bars to heat up ,we sent the cans to the pub to have a pint put in them also you could get a pass out to go for a drink then return to do the work Wouldn't happen today  Some breweries gave out free beer at lunchtime to employees. Worked as a contractor in some power stations in Lancashire and they had clubs where you could buy beer adjacent to the canteen.  ---------- Post added 21-05-2018 at 12:38 ----------  While working in the steel works we used to take a mashing can .When it got empty this was afternoon shift when waiting for bars to heat up ,we sent the cans to the pub to have a pint put in them also you could get a pass out to go for a drink then return to do the work Wouldn't happen today  Mashing can lol. I think mashing tea is a south Yorkshire term. When I first came to Canada I was sharing my house with a young lad from Middlesborough until my wife and daughter arrived. We were both on afternoon shift, so both home in the morning.When I get up ,he was already up I said "has tha mashed". He said " yer don't have any taters." Apparently, although a Yorkshireman himself, he had never heard that term for making tea before. Edited May 21, 2018 by Ontarian1981 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre   85 #27 Posted May 21, 2018 Some breweries gave out free beer at lunchtime to employees. Worked as a contractor in some power stations in Lancashire and they had clubs where you could buy beer adjacent to the canteen. ---------- Post added 21-05-2018 at 12:38 ----------   Mashing can lol. I think mashing tea is a south Yorkshire term. When I first came to Canada I was sharing my house with a young lad from Middlesborough until my wife and daughter arrived. We were both on afternoon shift, so both home in the morning.When I get up ,he was already up I said "has tha mashed". He said " yer don't have any taters." Apparently, although a Yorkshireman himself, he had never heard that term for making tea before. Wonder what the Middlesbrough term for 'Mashed)/ mashing is (hello Mooks). I worked as a contractor in (what was then) Lancashire a few times : Manchester, Oldham, Bolton etc and they were always going to 'Brew', tea of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,839 #28 Posted May 21, 2018 I started my first job at Firth Browns in 1960, mi mam used too give me 2 shillings a day for my dinner..............Dripping cake 3d... 10 park drive....and a bit of change left over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
raymondo1952 Â Â 11 #29 Posted May 21, 2018 I still have dripping today brought up on it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
choogling   14 #30 Posted May 21, 2018 we used to toast what ever sandwich we had for pack up on the salamander with a welding rod toasting fork. Dripping is my favourite toastie done this way.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre   85 #31 Posted May 22, 2018 we used to toast what ever sandwich we had for pack up on the salamander with a welding rod toasting fork. Dripping is my favourite toastie done this way..  'Salamander' ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981 Â Â 10 #32 Posted May 22, 2018 'Salamander' ? Â He means an oven or open hearth furnace, not the lizard lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
choogling   14 #33 Posted May 22, 2018 'Salamander' ?  salamanders were used as space heaters in large buildings basically it was a container ,imagine a beer barrel cut about 1 third up and half filled with fuel , on top of that was a sort of lid with a chimney attached and a pipe from the air gap on top of the paraffin or diesel fuel to about halfway up the chimney, the fuel was set on fire using a rolled up news paper, it would use up to 5 gallons a day. The factory inspector eventually banned them after reports of them toppling over ,ours was screwed down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...