21 scenes which capture all the memories of school dinners in Blackpool during the 80s, 90s and 00s
When we asked you to share your memories of your favourite school dinners – you came up with some absolute classics.
By Claire Lark
Published 19th Jul 2022, 15:45 BST
Updated 20th Jul 2022, 16:02 BST
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Manchester tart and thick custard, old school cake, square meat and potato pie, tapioca pudding, sprinkle cake, jam roly poly… they certainly had us reminiscing! Ann Burnell posted: “Best school dinner. Square of minced meat pie. Mash roasts cabbage carrots/swede. Followed by the ultimate - chocolate sponge and chocolate custard. yum. Yum.” And David Jupp remembered tapioca pudding. He said: “AKA frog spawn!” Think we can all relate to that.
We’ve dug into the archives to find some of the best photos which depict school dinner times – the menus, the food, the metal water jugs and the dinner ladies on hand to make sure we cleared our plates. The photos go right back to the 1980’s through to the 00s and are all from Blackpool and Fylde schools.
Salad came to the menu at St Bede's High School in 1986. Gone were the greasy pies and chips, in their place were wholemeal rolls, fresh fruit and yoghurt Photo: National World
Pupils at Warbreck High School had a taste of the 50s when dinner ladies cooked up a typical school dinner from that era in 1999. Pic shows Joshua Lalgee (13) grimacing at the prospect of cabbage, served by Unit Manager Ann Fiddies Photo: Rob Lock