a-jam-sandwich- sandwich - white and black nostalgia coalmen

by gary smith

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…Another treat was a jam sandwich. It was the next thing you’d get instead of sweets. My mother didn’t have much money and times were difficult, so we didn’t get sweets regularly. You learnt early on to go for the alternative or have nothing at all. It still tasted fine. I have fond memories of wandering off, Robertson’s jam oozing out the sides of the bread, the jam sticking to my fingers and smudging over my face as I ate, wiping my sleeve over my mouth when I finished….