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I've never had a cup of coffee in my life

"It was presented to me and the smell was dire. I couldn't handle it at all. I never drank it, I sipped it, give a wee eugghhhh, and had to put it down again!"

Sean said, "Many, many, many years ago, I wasn't long out of the Tan-Sad, I was given a cup of coffee, Camp Coffee, you pour it out of a bottle, and you put hot water in it, as far as I know."

"It was presented to me and the smell was dire. I couldn't handle it at all, and that's as close as I came to having a cup of coffee. I never drank it, I sipped it, give a wee eugghhhh, and had to put it down again!"

Mick McBride got in touch to say, "I remember we had camp coffee growing up, it was more like a syrup than a coffee, like tar! It was rotten! There was a Scottish soldier on the label, must have been made for the military."

But Iris enjoys it, "you mentioning Camp coffee, in a wee lang skinny bottle, I saw it on TV just yesterday, one of the chefs was flavouring his cream with it. We used to boil milk, and put camp coffee into it, we thought it was lovely, probably wouldn't be good enough these days, but its good for putting into cream for coffee cakes."

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  • The Skabratts

    One Cup of Coffee

    • The Skabratts.
    • Self Released.
    • 3.

  • Kathy Kirby

    Dance On

    • Secret Love.
    • Discos Cada.
    • 9.

  • The Beatles

    Baby's In Black

    • The Beatles For Kids - Colours.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 4.

  • The Mavericks

    As Long As There's Loving Tonight

    • In Time.
    • The Valory Music Co., LLC.
    • 11.

  • UB40

    Trouble (feat. Gilly G)

    • UB45 (Ultimate Edition).
    • Evo Music Publishing ltd.
    • 6.

  • Don Williams

    I'm Getting Good At Missing You

    • Visions.
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 3.

  • Layup

    Who You Share It With

  • Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires

    I Need Your Love Tonight

    • 50,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong.
    • RCA.

  • Azteck

    Everything's Alright

    • Chosen Music Artist Partnerships / Virgin Music Group.

  • Connie Francis

    I Walk the Line

    • The Classic Country Collection.
    • Play Digital.
    • 1.

  • John Prine

    That's the way that the world goes 'round

    • Bruised Orange.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 15:04
    BBC Radio Foyle