Wadsleyite Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I thought the cheese pie was OK, but I didn't like tomatoes, so I gave my pal my slice of tomato and he gave me his cheese pie. I reckon I got the better half of the bargain. He didn't like mushrooms or rice pudding, either, so no wonder I put weight on, what with the egg (and even ham) sandwiches, with thick sliced bread from the Don bakery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIGV Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I forgot about the rice pudding, at Abbeydale School we had prunes in it, my friend put hers in her hanky and up her knicker leg and forgot about it till it fell out in the playground, no one wanted to play with her till she convinced them it was prunes, the dinners were vile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadsleyite Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Well, if you went to Abbeydale I reckon it was YOU who was posh! There was I at a back-street Junior (Malin Bridge). But I did go on to King Edward's, though I felt like a fish out of water. And the food was worse, though my dinner-lady friend Ada always gave me a bit more rice pudding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIGV Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 fancy having a dinner lady as a friend, was you billy no mates then, Abbeydale was not posh at least not when I was there, it was a nice school though especially in the holidays when it was shut, and we had a rest from that horrid warm milk at playtime, I have never drunk milk since I hate the stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadsleyite Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 What happened was that I overheard one of the dinner ladies saying that it was Ada's birthday. I wished her Many Happy Returns and she was delighted. From then on I couldn't do anything wrong and she always fed me well. I wasn't daft. Abbeydale is still a good school, to judge from the smart, generally well-behaved kids I see when partaking of my usual pub lunch at the Millhouses (outside in summer). The food's good there, as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIGV Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I went to Abbeydale juniors first, though my friends were the same age, Mrs Jagger the dinner lady used to round us up for first, and second sittings we all used to hide from her as we wanted to go second, cant remember why though, and I never wished her happy birthday, one portion of her cooking was bad enough, without extras The girls might remember Tressy dolls mother of Cindy, grandma of Barbie, still unmarried I believe, and the boys had action men, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Well, if you went to Abbeydale I reckon it was YOU who was posh! There was I at a back-street Junior (Malin Bridge). But I did go on to King Edward's, though I felt like a fish out of water. And the food was worse, though my dinner-lady friend Ada always gave me a bit more rice pudding... You must have started at King Teds round about the time I left which was at Xmas 1959. I think Billy Effron was still teaching then, and of course big Nat occupied the Head's study. Was glad to get out - into the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadsleyite Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 You must have started at King Teds round about the time I left which was at Xmas 1959. I think Billy Effron was still teaching then, and of course big Nat occupied the Head's study. Was glad to get out - into the real world. Indeed, I started at King Teds in 1959. I've heard tell of Billy Effron but I think he had left (he retired in 1956 according to http://nlc.oldedwardians.org.uk). Fat Nat (Nathaniel Langford Clapton, 1903-67) ruled the school with a rod of iron. I was also glad to leave but I liked some of the masters, notably Edgar Vernon (Chemistry) and Walter Birkinshaw (Maths). Good school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitsmoorlad Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Indeed, I started at King Teds in 1959. I've heard tell of Billy Effron but I think he had left (he retired in 1956 according to http://nlc.oldedwardians.org.uk). Fat Nat (Nathaniel Langford Clapton, 1903-67) ruled the school with a rod of iron. I was also glad to leave but I liked some of the masters, notably Edgar Vernon (Chemistry) and Walter Birkinshaw (Maths). Good school... For some reason I always liked the chips at King Ted's. The dinner ladies used to look after me after I told them that my Mum was a dinner lady too. I was there 62 - 67, and didn't like Vernon ( cos he gave me the cane), didn't like Baker, or Dep Head Jackson. Bert Towers was OK though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIGV Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 what is it about dinner ladies, that you all like the ones we had were like shrek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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