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Oh dear, Ros, that reminds me of school dinners at my school!
I was always getting in trouble for refusing to eat some rubbish food served up to us!
We had a teacher sat at the end of each table. One day she said to me " If you don't eat that , you and I can sit here all afternoon. What lessons do you have?"
I said "Double Maths with you, Miss".
I was allowed to leave the table!

Pigale! I love haddock, smoked or otherwise, but preferably smoked! Like Ros, I've only had it a palish colour though.
I like smoked mackerel, too!

Very quiet on here today. Mind you, I've been busy myself..... haven't even finished today's Times crosswords yet.

Have a good weekend all.

That must have been a wonderful moment, Elle.

Did you have to say grace? We did, and it was years before I understood what that was about! It just seemed like part of the curriculum, like assembly. One I like which still runs though my head is (sorry, Scots)

Some hae meat and canna eat
And some have none tha' want it
But we have meat and we can eat
So let the Lord be thankit.

Other than kedgeree, school dinners weren't bad.

Yes, it is one of my "treasured memories ", Ros!

No, I don't remember saying grace, but then you went to a convent school. didn't you?

I know that 'grace' - my Scottish relatives quote it!

Grey watery yet lumpy mashed potato wasn't too good!
and I hated milk puddings- rice , semolina, tapioca - with a vengeance !

Hi all
Been busy trying to catch up on chores and have 3 x words to do.school dinners were very varied the kitchen nuns had some weird ideas which were sometimes very palatable and others which were given to th e local tramps who came every day for a meal,but it was the soup I remember as on Monday it was thick like stew but by Friday it was almost clear and lukewarm and the milk puddings used to have Nutmeg on the top which I hated.I managed to buy some really peppery watercress yesterday so made some soup and and a batch of sauce very nice with Salmon We had very nice weather yesterday but after the weekend it is going to rain.Where did the summer go

Gosh yes- was it sago or tapioca with those large "eye" things? Yuk. Salad unheard of.

No, didn't go to a convent, it was a GPDST (Girl's Public Day School Trust). There was, as it happens, a convent next door where we used to take our Harvest festival offerings. I felt uncomfortable there and only volunteered once for that duty!

Sorry, Ros, I was obviously suffering from a temporary (I hope!) confusion!
Foggy here this morning! I hope it's clearer where you are - otherwise a rotten day for travelling.
My friend Lin tells me it's lovely weather in Spain! about 30C!
Have fun!

Morning, Doglet!
Did you realise that there are Athletics on Sunday? The Great Scottish Run in Glasgow. BBC2 11am till 2pm.

Hi rosalind
My sister went to a GPDST but because I got expelled from the grammar school (aged 12) I was sent to the convent the education was very good and because I wasnt a Catholic and my parents were paying the fees religion was not forced on me,and I did learn to sing plain chant.I am sure that being smacked is frowned upon now but no one in the fifties complained,in order to learn humility we had to serve the tramps food and it was hilarious when the nuns decided to use margerine on the toast in stead of butter.I got some blackberries from a friend who also introduced me to the Bullace which I gather is an early form of Plum.One of our Bulldogs used to pick Blackberries and eat them,mine are going into a cobbler and a pie

Doglet... dare I ask what you did to get expelled from the grammar school......?!

hi elle
My sister was very clever and therefore I learnt to read and write at a very young age so when I p assed the 11+ I went to the local grammar school but although my reading writing and spelling were 2 grades higher than the rest of my form I had a block when it came to maths (I think they have a word for it now) and was constantly being sent out of the class for being disruptive,so I just used to go home,the headmaster my parents and education department thought I would be better elsewhere and the convent accepted me,I was excused maths but did Greek instead,although now my mental arithmetic is very good so something must have percolated through

Hi, Doglet! I actually laughed out loud when I came to the part about your going home! (I hope there aren't any prospective pupils reading this - I probably shouldn't be finding your walking out of school amusing! but it is.....!)
I'm glad it got sorted and you had a better education at your second school.
I nearly studied Greek, too,, but in the end opted for German. Odd choices we had for "O" levels.... History or Geography; German or Greek.
And we weren't allowed to take Physics and Chemistry as two separate subjects, but had to take P-w-C .
And if we did this we couldn't do Biology!
It made for potential difficulties when it came to choosing "A" levels.
And in 'those day's everything had to be subject- related, such as all Sciences or all Arts subjects - no mixing them up like students nowadays can do.
Did you have similar drawbacks at your school?