A Blast from the Past
Jul. 5th, 2022 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dizzojay I took a day out in London today to meet up with a friend. We had a bit of lunch and a lot of chat, then we went for a wander around our old childhood stomping grounds, all around the Elephant and Castle.
There's a shop down the Walworth Road, just off of the Elephant and Caste that I remember from my earliest years, a herbalist called Baldwins and they sell a particular drink that's synonymous with South London and the West Indian communities around that area.
Sarsaparilla is a drink that I remember from my childhood and one of my fondest memories is going down East Street market with my parents or grandparents and we'd always stop at the Sarsaparilla Man's stall and have a cup. You could drink it cold or hot, but I've alwas preferred it cold.
I probablly haven't drunk Sarsaparilla for, maybe, twenty years. But today, for old times sake I went into Baldwins and treated myself to a bottle. I had a glass earler this evening, and yes - it's still yummy!
And for some reason, it reminded me of this scene ... can't imagine why!!! ;)
There's a shop down the Walworth Road, just off of the Elephant and Caste that I remember from my earliest years, a herbalist called Baldwins and they sell a particular drink that's synonymous with South London and the West Indian communities around that area.
Sarsaparilla is a drink that I remember from my childhood and one of my fondest memories is going down East Street market with my parents or grandparents and we'd always stop at the Sarsaparilla Man's stall and have a cup. You could drink it cold or hot, but I've alwas preferred it cold.
I probablly haven't drunk Sarsaparilla for, maybe, twenty years. But today, for old times sake I went into Baldwins and treated myself to a bottle. I had a glass earler this evening, and yes - it's still yummy!
And for some reason, it reminded me of this scene ... can't imagine why!!! ;)
