WHAT do you remember about school dinners from your childhood?
Chips every day or lumpy mashed potato?
Turkey twizzlers or dinosaurs served with smiley faces and spaghetti hoops?
Followed by sponge cake covered in pink and green custard or semolina with a dollop of jam in the middle?
Do you have fond memories of the dinner ladies who would serve you every day in the school canteen?
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Wirral children get ready to celebrate National School Meals week
It's national school meals week – a whole week dedicated to the canteen food that keeps children well fed at lunchtime while they’re school.
Children at schools across Wirral enjoy school dinners that are tasty, nutritious and carefully planned each day, appealing to young appetites and hungry tummies.
On the menu for children in Wirral is chicken korma with rice, naan bread and vegetables, a roast of the day served with roast and mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables and gravy, and spaghetti bolognaise with garlic bread.
They all sound delicious!
These meals are lovingly prepared fresh each morning by a dedicated team of hard-working people in school canteens and kitchens across the town.
National school meals, which runs this week, is an opportunity for school caterers to shout about the fantastic work they do every day of the school year.
It celebrates the tireless efforts of school kitchen and canteen staff who continue to serve up great tasting, nutritious food to school children despite increasing pressures amid the cost-of-living crisis.
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Your memories of school dinners in Wirral in the 1980s and 1990s
To mark national school meals week, we asked you to tell us who your favourite dinner lady was when you were at school.
We’ve featured a selection of the lovely ladies and some of your messages:
Jayne Riley Mrs Hamm at Vyner Combined School. No one compared to her
Rob Dilworth Mrs Minto from Ionic Street back in the late 1970s. A lovely lady
Stephen Picken Dolly from Plesso
John Marriott Everyone at Stanley School. When I was a kid they were better dinners
Sylvia Wilde Mrs Smith at Eastway School
Valerie Mitchell Miss Kelly Cathcart at Street between 1945 and 1950
Sammy Louise Bromilow Mrs Candy Land in Riverside
Irene Fortune was Donoghue Mrs Brown was lovely
Alice Veste Anne and Pam from Liscard Primary School
Claire Atherton Mrs Benson and Mrs Reid at Pensby Park Primary in the 1980s
Maureen Lacey Mrs Brown at Our Lady’s Infants and Juniors between 1948 and 1954
Jacqui Mawdsley My mum! I wasn’t homeschooled or anything but she got a job at my primary school. I was mortified at the time but actually she has always been one of my favourite people
Joanne Thexton Mrs Bryant Dell Primary School. Such a character
Anne Marie Spencer Mrs Catherall at Millpark Junior School
Richie Downey Mrs Broad was a lovely lady
Jane Stevens Martha Williams was the absolute best at Our Lady of Lourdes, Leasowe
Adam Barker Mrs Barkeley and Mrs Veech at Bedford Drive Primary School
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