Eating in the '50s

I used to get sent to the butchers for “a bob’s worth of bacon bits” when I was at primary school. My mum was too proud to go in herself and ask for the offcuts from the bacon slicer.
Goodness how the three of us, Mum, Dad and me used to enjoy those bacon sandwiches! I can taste them now.

I used to be sent for "a 1/- worth of neck bones for the dog". Poor dog - she only saw those bones after they'd be turned into lamb stew for the family. I also had to buy sixpence worth of fish scraps for the cat - he didn't get many of those either!
There was very little tinned pet food for sale - Chappie and Kit-e-Kat which smelt very strongly of fish. Nothing like today's  pet meals that sound like human food and cost as much!

Its like the women asking the butcher for some bones for the dog and the bairn with her piping up "Are we getting a dog Mam"