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.
20. School dinners
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
21. School dinners
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
22. School dinners
Helen Turpin, who was six, at Roseacre Primary School in 1981 Photo: submit
23. School dinners
Parents queuing up here at a Blackpool school to sample what was on the menu in March 1981 Photo: National World