"This cane would have been peeled and she's going to eat it. Its very sweet. You chew it, suck the juice out and throw the trash away. The trash, when its dry, is good for lighting outdoor fires. In the countryside, some people don't have new technology, they still have the old fashioned fire. So you need kindling. You would use up the cane trash to light a fire for cooking - or to keep mosquitoes away.

Also, what we used to do for our older persons, say, my granny would want some cane juice, you would take the cane, pound it and wring it. The juice would go into the cup so your granny would get it to drink. You don't have to peel the cane as long as you beat it first. They used to do that to sell the juice at the sidewalks in town as well, but nowadays you can also buy cane juice extracted by machines.

When I go to Jamaica for a holiday, I go back to the natural things. I have the rainwater and its nice and cool and I have to admit I drink the white rum and I don't even feel it. "

You can mix strawberry syrup, white rum and lime to make a nice 'rum punch'."

" When I was small and had a cold, my parents used to pick the sour oranges, put them in the fire and roast them. They'd get soft, you'd slice them and put some sugar on them and quick your cold would go."

These memories came out of a project involving Haringey Third Age, Moving Here, The National Archives and Bruce Castle Museum Haringey.