The Children’s Press 23: Irene Smith

[callmemadam]

Chester House Wins Through, Irene Smith. The Children’s Press 1967.
This is one of two school stories written by Irene Smith. The first edition had green boards and a dw but my copy, illustrated here, has printed boards and states, ‘this impression 1968’.

Comments

[ooxc]

Definitely eccentric - I left school in 1962, and can't remember anyone going home for lunch
For one thing, you'd miss all the lunchtime clubs and activities.

[callmemadam]

Yes, and the insistence on a hot lunch every day. More work for poor Mum and when she has to be away for a day the twins volunteer to cook, with predictably disastrous results.

[ooxc]

Hardly any of us had hot lunch-we took a packed lunch to school. In fine weather, we ate it outside.

[debodacious]

My father always came home for lunch and so did my husband when he worked nearby. My brother’s school was a 10 minute walk away and he also went home for lunch. My mother always cooked 2 courses and it was usually a hot meal apart from the odd salad. I always had school lunches though and can only remember a couple of girls going home for lunch. When my daughters went to my old school lunch was compulsory and packed lunches weren’t allowed.