Comments on: School Lunches – words and pictures

By: chris

chris — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:43:39 +0000

you think you had it bad! we had to wear bloomers under our sports tunics – needless to say most of us always had an excuse not to do P.E cos we wouldn’t be caught dead in them!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:41:42 +0000

Another pink school dress here! They went out after I left as they couldn’t get any more of the fabric! Shame! All those other girls missed out & the boys didn’t get the shirts made of the stuff anymore! hahhahaha

By: soobydooby

soobydooby — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:29:32 +0000

Thank the lord for the conchy definition – I’m in London and I was picturing something to do with large shells. I’m not even going to try and imagine what ‘beefaroni’ is (but it sounds vile!)

I’m amazed at the detail you remember from your school days: I remember so little that I’m starting to wonder if my parents kept me drugged: I remember drifting off to sleep when I was about 6 and now I’m 38… hmmm…

By: librarygirl

librarygirl — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:05:07 +0000

Hi Claire and Louisa – just to say – I loved the way Butterfly finished up. What a great read.

By: di

di — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:09:58 +0000

Great post. So much to remember and reflect upon!
I fear I am still in the exceedingly uber uptight mode on the food department (amongst others) although when going through the puree stage I did make use of tinned non-organic fruit far more often than not- rinsed free of sweet syrup though.
I totally agree about food being something that you can latch onto to feel like you’re doing the Right Thing.
I hadn’t realised how much emotional reassurance I derived from being the chief food preparer until I was struck down with gastro and was unable to even look any food (other than a dry cracker) in the eye for a week. Being unable to serve up wholesome, fresh, balanced meals to my boys I vitrually became an emotional basket case (much to my surprise, given I thought I resented being the cook of the house!).

By: Louisa

Louisa — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:40:29 +0000

Promise not to give the ending away!Look forward to hearing what you think of it.Maybe a bit of a review might be in order!(Like you did with The Divided Heart)

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:21:26 +0000

Ohh hello Loobylu bookclub types! PLEASE don’t give away the ending. I have just used my birthday money to get a copy and started it yesterday. Thanks for the recommendation, so far, so good

By: Louisa

Louisa — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:51:22 +0000

Hi Library Girl.Sorry to be using Claire’s blog as a bit of a bookclub,but I loved Butterfly too.I know the girls school that Sonya writes about.They could be vicious those girls!I think there is a bit of Plum in all of us “bookish types”.Without giving anything away,What did you think of the ending?

By: mrs p

mrs p — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:17:22 +0000

I remember my big skirted, rolly smokin, 70’s Mum making my brother and I rock cakes that were so hard they were actually inedible. I think she thought that the longer they took to eat, the better they were for us. I used to love getting frozen grapes from our school canteen, still a fav to this day and now my own daughter munches on them. This thread is making me crave a pie and strawberry big M, yummy!

By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:30:59 +0000

i was a bit on a food control freak with babe #1, but i must say the standards have slipped BIG time since then, although i do try to put my best foot forward when it comes to packing my son’s school lunch…

i can’t believe your uniform was pink-yikes!

your mum sounds cool