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Nannyp · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject:

I too was born, in 1955...I remember some gruesome school meals, but eating at home wasn't so bad. There didn't seem to be enough, as I recall....I am convinced my mum had no idea (post rationing) how much a normal serving was

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Davbro · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject:

I was born in the 1940's and had school meals all my school life, the odd thing was I enjoyed them mostly especially when I became a table monitor and could serve mine first. q27

Nannyp · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:

Oh yes, those table monitors were bloody greedy

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SephieG · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:

At some time, in later primary years, I was a table monitor too, but that only meant you had to stack the plates and sit with them in front of you for what seemed like ages, and if there were any meagre leftovers, you were responsible for not making your table-mates eat up.

I do remember Rosie, who put her justifiably vilified smoked haddock in her pocket, to avoid the inquisition, and was only discovered by her horrified mother on the next wash day (which was at least a week away).

Sylvia · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:21 am Post subject:

I'm also a 1940's child and went to a tiny village primary and junior school, the school dinners were, as I remember delicious. The one thing I did hate was, in the winter they use to put the school milk around the big pot bellied stove, ugh, warm milk, to this day I can only drink ice cold milk.

At home we had to eat everything on our plate and had to sit there until it was eaten, as no one was allowed to leave the table until everyone had finished you can imagine the stick the culprit got.

We were quite luck as we had an American camp set up in one of our fields and we used to supply them with fresh, which they paid for, but they also used to give us bars of chocolate, oranges and bananas. q33

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