In the late 50's, early 60's, at primary school dinners, costing only one shilling a day - 5p, I was always partial to a nice bowl of spotted dick for dessert - other delicacies included lemon lovecake, chocolate cracknell, upside down cake etc.
My Dad used to bring me in to our primary school early in the mornings so I could help the custodian (a Mr. Terry) deliver the crates of milk to all the classrooms.. On rare occasions, instead of the usual small bottles of milk we had an orange drink delivered instead that us kids enjoyed for a change. please log in to view this image I guess it was a Commonwealth thing too? please log in to view this image What's wrong with this picture? Three school children show all signs of enjoying their milk in the playground of St John's Park Primary School, near Liverpool, NSW. From left: Vilia Runia (11) Karl Forthuber (12) and Maureen Bradbury. July 1957. https://archivalsauces.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/making-school-children-drink-milk I remember one catastrophe in the winter of 1962-63 (yes, the snowfall was amazing in Hampshire) when the push cart we used for deliveries, loaded with stacked crates of milk, skidded on an icy path and the bottles went flying everywhere with quite a few broken. 1962-63: A famous winter.Very cold. Mid November saw snow in the South West. Late December (commensing Boxing Day: the start of the bitter cold) saw blizzards in Southern England. London had 12 inches of drifting snow. January and February had widespread falls, especially Devon and North East England with 2ft. Very Snowy. My mum, 12 at the time, and dad, 11, keep telling me stories of how long they were away from school for. The snow in Hampshire was supposedly as deep as the hedgerows were high! People managed to walk on the tops of the frozen shrubbery, rather than risk driving through the deep snow! An amazing winter. http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=winter-history;sess=
