if you had to leave the UK, what would you NEED to take with you?

[sansouci]

that you couldn't find overseas? Tetley teabags? Panasonic breadmaker?

I've lived overseas for 2 years now and the only thing is tea. It doesn't even have to be PG or anything, Tesco's own will do. I can buy PG here actually but it's expensive.

Oh and Branston.

Oh and Cadbury's fruit and nut.

Oh and British TV.

Oh and British shops. (Waitrose, John Lewis, M&S, Jigsaw, Selfridges, Harvey Nicks, in fact Blue Water would do it)

I'm going to the UK on Friday for the 1st time in years & I'm trying to decide what I will not live without anymore. Dh hates shopping so I have to know what I need before we go.

and then I think, how consumerist can I actually be? it's a disgrace and I should vow not to shop at all!

Bras! I live in Italy and have a terrible time trying to find a nice bra for a reasonable price. And they have NO idea about measuring, in fact their sizes go 1, 2, 3,4, 5, how crap is that?!

you can get tetley tea bags here in Aus.

Yeah, you can get tetleys here in Switz too. At Jim's. But I'm seriously considering importing a breadmaker! and I love Bridgewater mugs.

Ditto the bra problem in Greece!!

I splash out on expensive imported pG tips because the yellow liptons tea bags that are widely sold here are gross.

M&S undies
Marmite
Nice chocolate (if going somewhere like australia - the chocolate there tastes odd for some reason)
T-bags

Nothing but my family.

I lived in Brazil for a year as a student, and didn't take anything for myself, but my Brazilian friends (who had previously lived in UK) wanted steak and kidney pies! I took those ones you get in tins so they wouldn't go off. Unfortunately when they went through the X-ray at the airport they looked like landmines. As this was in 1991, during the first gulf war, you can imagine the faces of the security people!

pmsl @ the image of Steak & Kidney landmines

Overseas varies.
Where are you going?

PG Tips pyramid teabags.

Sudocreme in Germany,
also Blanx toothpaste.
and I too have the bra problem.

baked beans
suet
golden syrup
teacakes, hot cross buns etc.
jaffa cakes - they just dont understand them here!
Cheerios
St Helens goats butter
St Helens goats cheddar

well I'm going to NZ so will find all this out - will be taking marmite though as it's different there. As is Weetabix - it's nasty there. And good tea is essential

I am soooo going to miss M&S and John Lewis, dreading it...

And Living TV

Actually I prefer vegemite to marmite. You can get all kinds of British brands of tea there, so wouldn't bother with that. It's a long time ago that I was there, have to think a bit...

I don't like vegemite never have done although my mum has tried very hard with me

Will be in Christchurch. when we went in Feb my mum had marmite and weetabix but I didn't like them. The tea was fine though.

nothing at all

i make do with what i have around me

Lea and Perrins
Branston

According to th ein laws, who live in the States, they cannot do without
Branston Pickle
Salad cream
most British crisps
various chocolate biscuits

They also regulalry take back
bacon
sausages
black pudding
thick cream

I'm sure I'll get used the Weetabix and Marmite.

Apart from that, I think it's only M&S, John Lewis and Living TV I'll miss. Everything else in NZ is right up our street!

honArf we get foxtel ( = to sky tv) and so get living tv here in Aus.

Some aussie choc tastes funny as it is made with powdered milk rather than real milk.