.......or was the rule at your school that Mum would write the order, and your name, on the outside of a paper bag, and place the money inside.
The paper bags were collected from the classrooms during the morning and you picked your order up at lunchtime?
Cheers - John
Olley46 said
09:05 AM Nov 11, 2015
Your going back a couple of days there Rocky,I can remember buying a full Boston bun at the school canteen,good old days.
Lance C
Desert Dweller said
11:36 AM Nov 11, 2015
Back in the early 60's when I was just a lad, my best mate used to ''bot'' a penny off anyone that he could every day & then go buy himself a meat pie with the money that he'd accumulated. They were a lot cheaper back in the non-decimal currency days. Interesting menu but I would have passed on the Egg sandwiches, they smelt like farts when you first unwrapped them!
jules47 said
11:50 AM Nov 11, 2015
Lived in Cairns when young, and Thursday was our tuck shop day , my fave was a mince roll (meat patty on a bun) and a cream bun!
Always had 6pence to buy a lolly over the counter , got heaps. Catholic school, so no meat onFriday.
Young Simmo said
03:13 PM Nov 11, 2015
A Poppy-Seed loaf cut longways and stuffed full of Polony and Lettuce was my once a week treat. About a shilling back around 1950.
jules47 said
07:51 PM Nov 11, 2015
Remember the lollies - Mates (twice as big as they are now) - acid drops (much more acidic than now) - mint leaves, musk sticks, whizz fizz, choo choo bars, white knights, licorice straps. Sixpence could buy a lot!
03_Troopy said
09:16 PM Nov 11, 2015
Desert Dweller wrote:
Back in the early 60's when I was just a lad, my best mate used to ''bot'' a penny off anyone that he could every day & then go buy himself a meat pie with the money that he'd accumulated. They were a lot cheaper back in the non-decimal currency days. Interesting menu but I would have passed on the Egg sandwiches, they smelt like farts when you first unwrapped them!
Yep, I can remember buying a pie for 11d back in the early 60's and 6d for a large brown paper bag of broken biscuits.
dishlicker said
09:55 PM Nov 11, 2015
Hi there John. We must of gone to the same school, thats me on the left i think the good looking young chap. I was a milk monitor back then remember( free milk ). I f you notice the price list the fifty cent peice hadn't been made. gday cheers
Wombat 280 said
02:51 PM Nov 13, 2015
You must be rich kids I never got to order my lunch ever . Back in the 50's it was brown bag it or go without
Gday...
I'll have a pie and a cordial please
.......or was the rule at your school that Mum would write the order, and your name, on the outside of a paper bag, and place the money inside.
The paper bags were collected from the classrooms during the morning and you picked your order up at lunchtime?
Cheers - John
Your going back a couple of days there Rocky,I can remember buying a full Boston bun at the school canteen,good old days.
Lance C
Back in the early 60's when I was just a lad, my best mate used to ''bot'' a penny off anyone that he could every day & then go buy himself a meat pie with the money that he'd accumulated. They were a lot cheaper back in the non-decimal currency days.
Interesting menu but I would have passed on the Egg sandwiches, they smelt like farts when you first unwrapped them!
Always had 6pence to buy a lolly over the counter , got heaps. Catholic school, so no meat onFriday.
Yep, I can remember buying a pie for 11d back in the early 60's and 6d for a large brown paper bag of broken biscuits.
Hi there John. We must of gone to the same school, thats me on the left i think the good looking young chap. I was a milk monitor back then remember( free milk ). I f you notice the price list the fifty cent peice hadn't been made. gday cheers
It's interesting to read today's "NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy - Canteen Menu Planning Guide (2006)":
www.schools.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/schoolsweb/studentsupport/studentwellbeing/schoolcanteen/cmpguide2.pdf
Maybe the next edition will have halal and kosher foods, non-GM cereals, etc.