[Margaret Pilkington]

I often buy and eat out of date foodstuffs........nothing bad has ever happened to me.

Way back in the Olden days......I don't know if any of you remember Sauls shop......it used to be near Black Abbey St.......I used to get sent there for tine without labels and dented tins.......which were always in a basket by the door.......they were very cheap and sometimes it was the only way Mum could put something on the table......she used to come over all peculiar if we managed to get a tin of red salmon for 6d.

Way back then, nothing had sell by dates on......I have even scraped mould off cheese before eating it.......that was then, I don't think I would do that now......but how can a jar of hermetically sealed coffee be past its sell by date........or loose tea in sealed foil bags......?