school milk

[sweep]

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Disgusting stuff always on the verge of turning put me off milk for life. worked as a school caretaker a few years ago and was surprised to find this torture still going on.

[darren]

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id say both to be fair.

as milk is high in calcium to make bones stronger.
the goverment of the time felt it was important for kids to be healthy.

I remember a brother and sister in school getting extra milk because they were quite small and weedy for their age. I can't help but think it was more to do with genetics than nutrition.

[Trickyvee]

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I remember a brother and sister in school getting extra milk because they were quite small and weedy for their age. I can't help but think it was more to do with genetics than nutrition.

[darren]

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it was so sad when it was done away with.
it was such a great idea promoting nutrition.
and everyone got it.


but i always looked forward to it so much.
loved the bottles it came in straws as well.

real ice cold.
so tasty.

QUOTE=mazzer;177844]I LOVED my school milk. Occasionally it would be lukewarm, but on the whole I remember it being icy cold - often with actual ice in it! I was a frequent partaker of " seconds" too. Milk in school was SUCH a good idea, the whole point of it was to ensure even the poorest kids got some decent daily nutrition. Dinky glass bottles and straws for us![/QUOTE]

[mazzer]

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I LOVED my school milk. Occasionally it would be lukewarm, but on the whole I remember it being icy cold - often with actual ice in it! I was a frequent partaker of " seconds" too. Milk in school was SUCH a good idea, the whole point of it was to ensure even the poorest kids got some decent daily nutrition. Dinky glass bottles and straws for us!

[darren]

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the milk we got was nice and cold it never got the chance to get to room temperature.

I didn't mind the milk, but I can relate to those who were put off by it. That funny smell of room temp milk and the dried, crusty bits under the lids or in the crate if any was spilled.

There were always one or two bottles in the crate with a picture printed on like the ones in this thread. Everyone raced to get those!

[battyrat]

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Shudders at the thought of dinky glass bottles of school milk,my pet hate.In our primary school it was only the first year or so that got the milk.I can clearly remember the glass bottles and straws pushed through the foil tops.I can also remember the smell,and the sickly sweet taste of warm milk on the verge of going off.And the sickly sweet smell of the bottle tops that they saved for charity or some art project was very churning to the old stomach.I have to agree with a lot of people that the only way I can drink milk these days is ice cold.

Come to think of it we had a girl called julie in my first class in primary school who always smelt of sour milk.shudders......and.......... cringes.

[Trickyvee]

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I didn't mind the milk, but I can relate to those who were put off by it. That funny smell of room temp milk and the dried, crusty bits under the lids or in the crate if any was spilled.

There were always one or two bottles in the crate with a picture printed on like the ones in this thread. Everyone raced to get those!

[darren]

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I remember being a milk monitor...........sticking the skinny white straw throught the silver foil top......the green crate the bottle sat in...........and there was a certain smell that i can still remember to this day.

can you describe the smell.
do not remember the term milk monitor.

was there not silver and green tops on the bottles.

[shilton dipper]

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I remember being a milk monitor...........sticking the skinny white straw throught the silver foil top......the green crate the bottle sat in...........and there was a certain smell that i can still remember to this day.

[darren]

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Can't really remember darren........it was rather a long time ago...

memory fades mate.

i know that everyone in my class though primary school just loved it.
it was great seeing the milk coming.
it must have cost a fortune for the school to get it for very pupil.
or did they get it free.

[kazboot]

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I have such fond memories of playtime with 'room temperature' milk in dinky glass bottles, paper straws that went soggy on contact and my beloved potato puffs. Lush!!

[Techno]

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Hated that school milk..best thing Thatcher ever did getting rid of it

Interesting factoid: it was the Labour government of 1968 that started withdrawing milk from schools. Thatcher continued the process when she became education secretary in 1971. It didn't completely disappear until 1980.

I vaguely remember the little bottles and the straws but not much else.

[Sgt Sunshine]

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you got t given to you warm in a bottle.
dont like the sound of that.

did the other kids feel the same as you about being given it warmed up.

Can't really remember darren........it was rather a long time ago...

[darren]

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Ours used to be warmed up.......Yuk......I only liked cold milk........
Still have cold milk on me cornflakes to this day....
Cheers
Sgt S

you got t given to you warm in a bottle.
dont like the sound of that.

did the other kids feel the same as you about being given it warmed up.