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Old Mar 26th 2009, 5:35 am
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So were you a school dinner or a 'sarnies from home' kid ?

And what lunch box did you have ?

I fluctuated between the shite the dinner ladies served up (and before the advent of burgers, pizzas, and Jamie 'bloody' Oliver's lisping health kick became fashionable) and sandwhiches from home

Didnt have a lunch box, we were poor ....... so I happily walked to school with my lunch in one pocket of the trousers with the big pockets on the side (cant remember what they were called ?), and my excercise books and PE kit in the other leg !!
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So what brought on this bout of nostalgia?
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Old Mar 26th 2009, 5:42 am
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Originally Posted by BangleMan
So were you a school dinner or a 'sarnies from home' kid ?

And what lunch box did you have ?

I fluctuated between the shite the dinner ladies served up (and before the advent of burgers, pizzas, and Jamie 'bloody' Oliver's lisping health kick became fashionable) and sandwhiches from home

Didnt have a lunch box, we were poor ....... so I happily walked to school with my lunch in one pocket of the trousers with the big pockets on the side (cant remember what they were called ?), and my excercise books and PE kit in the other leg !!
you had your whole PE kit in one pocket?
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Old Mar 26th 2009, 5:43 am
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I always went home for lunch, or to my grandmother if my mum was working...Dutch schools closed for an hour and half and everyone just went home to eat...
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Originally Posted by lionheart
So what brought on this bout of nostalgia?
Just heard them talking about it on Absolute Radio (the old Virgin station) and seeing as most of you on here are way older than me, thought it would give a bit of a trip down memory lane...
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
you had your whole PE kit in one pocket?
Almost, yeah !
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Originally Posted by MataHari
I always went home for lunch, or to my grandmother if my mum was working...Dutch schools closed for an hour and half and everyone just went home to eat...
those clogs must have been killing you by the end of the day...all that walking back and forth
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Almost, yeah !
Well a leotard doesn't take up much space, does it Bangleman?

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Old Mar 26th 2009, 5:51 am
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those clogs must have been killing you by the end of the day...all that walking back and forth
I was on my bike actually...
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Originally Posted by Meow
Well a leotard doesn't take up much space, does it Bangleman?

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Originally Posted by lionheart
So what brought on this bout of nostalgia?
Its ever since they mentioned the Spandau reunion tour....
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Originally Posted by MataHari
I was on my bike actually...
...and tulips between your two lips I guess....
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Originally Posted by TGFKASE
Its ever since they mentioned the Spandau reunion tour....
What were they like first time round mate ?
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Originally Posted by BangleMan
So were you a school dinner or a 'sarnies from home' kid ?

And what lunch box did you have ?

I fluctuated between the shite the dinner ladies served up (and before the advent of burgers, pizzas, and Jamie 'bloody' Oliver's lisping health kick became fashionable) and sandwhiches from home

Didnt have a lunch box, we were poor ....... so I happily walked to school with my lunch in one pocket of the trousers with the big pockets on the side (cant remember what they were called ?), and my excercise books and PE kit in the other leg !!
Haha...you guys from South Britain are funny...you call your meals "breakfast, lunch and dinner" yet still call them "dinner ladies" but at least you bring along "lunch boxes".

At least in North Britain, we correctly call them "dinner ladies" because we have "breakfast, dinner and tea". In Scotland, I didn't have a "lunch box" but a wrapped sandwich, which we called a 'piece' and a bottle of Irn Bru I shared with my sister. We were poor as well...lived in shoebox in middle o' road !
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...why do you want to see my 'lunchbox' - very cunning!
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