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Originally Posted by Quoth
OK, so High Teas and Afternoon Teas were real things in 1940 and still was very much when the author was a teenager. Weird. Is the Author trying to troll the Reader? Or grew up in some strange rural hamlet (maybe in Norfolk ) |
Still a thing into the 1970s (at least where I grew up on the South Coast). Afternoon tea was a light meal - tea, sandwiches and cakes usually taken around 3:30 - 4 pm. High tea was more substantial and taken later - around 6 pm and was a light supper followed by bread & butter and cakes, usually washed down with tea.
I think there's also a class element - the leisured classes would take afternoon tea followed by dinner (or supper) in the evening. People who worked would be more likely to have high tea when they got home in the evening; this would be their main evening meal.