We weren't too bad off most of the time, but we did occasionally eat 'bread and dripping' with salt and pepper, 'bread and gravy' with salt and pepper for an occasional meal. We often used to have tomato soup with toast for Sunday night tea. Occasionally other cans of soup.

But my parents found the money to pay for piano music lessons - my mum was determined cause her elder and younger siblings had music lesson (but never played and really weren't all that interested) - when it came time for her money was too tight: when it became available, the younger ones got it. She was the only one really interested in music - she bought many of the Reader's Digest Records.

We didn't have the money to buy me a piano accordion when I decided that I would prefer to play that rather than the piano in the 60's... ALRIGHT! maybe ulterior mptives...