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mary mcmahon from uddingston. Posted 5 Jan 2004.
I was at primary school in lanarkshire from 1947 to 1954. The school dinners were then mainly good quality but very high calorie eg. mashed potatoes,cabbage and mince followed by chocolate sponge doused with a liberal helping of custard. Does anyone out there have more memories of their school dinners ? | | |
|  | Maureen Cowan from Uddingston. Posted 3 Feb 2004.
Like Mary I was attended school in the same era. I loved school dinners, especially the mince. I also came home to a cooked dinner which were very similar.
The meals were bulky, but I and my friends burnt them off very quickly .
we never had any recreation, apart from reading, which required sitting for any length of time. The only fast food supplied then was fish and chips, which we had only rarely. Soft drinks(ginger) was another occasional treat.
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| | Annie Cusack from Perthshire. Posted 12 Aug 2004.
I loved school dinners and preferred them to what my mother cooked at home. I loved getting mashed potatoes served in icecream scoops, the vegetables (which i hated) were not boiled to death, like my mother did them, and I have fond memories of all the cakes 'n' custard we were served. Secondary school was a different matter; it was invariably chips and burgers and rarely any vegetable dishes. Any wonder there are such problems with childhood obesity now, if schools are having to cut their spending budgets on food?
It would be good if the milk round could be returned to school also, so kiddies don't turn to awful fizzy drinks to get them through the day too. I recall noticing when the milk to schools was cut in the late 70s, but was too young to know why. My dad moaned when Ronald Reagan got elected, so I thought for years it was connected to him, in the world of politics, which i knew nothing about as a child! All I knew was that there was no milk at 11 o'clock in the morning, and the restful calm that came over the school glass as we drank our wee bottles of milk, eagerly anticipating getting out into the playground. You could only go out and play if you had drunk all your milk!
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| | Jessie Quinn from Michigan. Posted 1 Aug 2005.
I grew up in Fallside in the forties and fifties. My favourite memories were the gala days where we would follow the pipe bands to the park where all the children would receive a "Tunnocks" box with a pie, scone, caramel wafer and a "wee cake". We would run races, dance to the pipes and have a good auld time. Other memories were trips to Livingston's memorial on easter sunday where we rolled our eggs [which we dyed the night before in the teapot] no fancy egg colouring kits for us. Ah yes, those really were the good old days...
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| | Edith Caulfield Cavanagh from Toronto. Posted 14 Nov 2005.
Hi
I went to St Mary's RC School York Lane Edinburgh 1949-1956 My favourite dinner was mince and tatties followed by rhubarb and custard - they were always great. I still call Edinburgh "Home" even though I have been in Toronto since 1959. returned in 2000 and was sad cause the school has been transformed into apartments...such great memories I have from those days. If anyone else attended the school during that time I would love to hear more stories!
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| | Ron Goldie from Peine Germany. Posted 16 Oct 2006.
I started at St.mary,s in 1951 when I was 5yrs. old.How times have changed.I would like to hear from any of my old classmates from that time, how do I go about looking for them. I also remember the 1/6 my mother used to give me for weeks school dinners,AH YES; THE MEMORIES!
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| | Mike Mchale from Foxford Co Mayo ROI. Posted 16 Oct 2006.
Edith Cavanagh's note of August 2005 brought back memories of my primary school days. I was younger than Edith and did not attend until 1952 but we did overlap for 4 years. memories of Miss Dorian, Miss Loftus and Mr Clarke etc. Happy times !
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