Oh dear, I can remember my parents, once they were retired, would chat with their friends about the relative merits of various restaurants, pubs or towns etc and the lunches /afternoon teas/and dinners they had enjoyed!
I used to scoff, but as I get on, I too talk about restaurants/shops/lunches etc.
Eating out is one of the relatively few pleasures (!) left to us. I had not thought of myself as an awful warning
The Devil In The Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke - BBC IPlayer
Early reading v continental custom - teachers’ thoughts sought



