I loved milk from those wee bottles, Foxy. It always seemed to be ice-cold no matter the time of the year. Must have been my draughty Primary School!foxy wrote:Don't remember that TG
Probably showing my age, but I do remember getting school milk in little third pint glass bottles which froze in the winter and the teacher and the "milk monitor" had to put them on the radiators
Even when it wasn't frozen, you were given a choice of cold or warm milk...
I do not recall receiving a satisfactory reply.9 December, 1998
Dear Mr Wastle
As a responsible parent I am keen that my son should have a healthy diet. I still believe that it was a mistake to stop free school milk but am nevertheless prepared to pay. On more than one occasion, however, it would appear that he has not drunk his milk as it was warm. I would be interested to know what time the milk is delivered to the school and how it is stored prior to distribution. I suspect that at present the school has no refrigeration facility and that the milk is stored at room temperature. In the summer months this must pose even more of a problem.
I have spoken to officials at the Department of Environmental Health in general terms about the storage of milk. They strongly recommend that milk should be refrigerated, as seems common sense. The health risk involved may be negligible but if the milk is not served cold then it is going to be unpalatable. My own memories of school milk are that this was often the case and it was enough to put me off drinking milk for life.
As an adult I take it for granted that my employer will provide this facility. My packed lunch is kept cool and fresh while my son’s sandwich is left in a warm cloakroom until lunchtime. He enjoys eating yoghurt but we are not confident that it would still be fresh by lunch break and we reluctantly use fillings such as cooked meat in his sandwiches with similar reservations.
I was also rather surprised to read that children who complied with your otherwise commendable head lice program were to be rewarded with a ‘sweet treat’! Surely the school is not handing out confectionery? Please reassure me.
Yours sincerely
Bob Jefferson
Ugh - My primary 1 (possibly p2) was the last year at Towerbank to get milk in bottles, and it was fantastic.Bob Jefferson wrote:I do not recall receiving a satisfactory reply.9 December, 1998
Dear Mr Wastle
As a responsible parent I am keen that my son should have a healthy diet. I still believe that it was a mistake to stop free school milk but am nevertheless prepared to pay. On more than one occasion, however, it would appear that he has not drunk his milk as it was warm. I would be interested to know what time the milk is delivered to the school and how it is stored prior to distribution. I suspect that at present the school has no refrigeration facility and that the milk is stored at room temperature. In the summer months this must pose even more of a problem.
I have spoken to officials at the Department of Environmental Health in general terms about the storage of milk. They strongly recommend that milk should be refrigerated, as seems common sense. The health risk involved may be negligible but if the milk is not served cold then it is going to be unpalatable. My own memories of school milk are that this was often the case and it was enough to put me off drinking milk for life.
As an adult I take it for granted that my employer will provide this facility. My packed lunch is kept cool and fresh while my son’s sandwich is left in a warm cloakroom until lunchtime. He enjoys eating yoghurt but we are not confident that it would still be fresh by lunch break and we reluctantly use fillings such as cooked meat in his sandwiches with similar reservations.
I was also rather surprised to read that children who complied with your otherwise commendable head lice program were to be rewarded with a ‘sweet treat’! Surely the school is not handing out confectionery? Please reassure me.
Yours sincerely
Bob Jefferson
Bob Jefferson wrote:I do not recall receiving a satisfactory reply.They strongly recommend that milk should be refrigerated, as seems common sense. ....... As an adult I take it for granted that my employer will provide this facility. My packed lunch is kept cool and fresh.....
Delighted to hear it. Saves me having to write another snotty letter.teddygirl wrote:Bob, you'll be relieved to know that all the milk in the nursery is kept refrigerated.
I think in the case of Guiness you would have had to have an observer, as it wasn't possible to drink a pint through a straw and notice anything at the end. And we didn't get the choice, anyway.foxy wrote:Is the same true for Guinnessmr magnolia wrote:did you drink it with a straw?
I well remember having a huge argument with my dad 'cos I KNEW that the cream was at the bottom, cos you got to drink it last...
Ugh. I have to say what I've always hated most when I've spent time abroad has been the lack of fresh milk.CatzVP wrote:Its actually quite handy to have milk in bags, they are freezable so it never goes off, and you can defrost them in the micro in 7 mins.... even though the average sell by date here is about one month from purchase date!!
I hated them when I first came over.... now I couldn't live without them!
that her kids eat just as much crap outside the house as anyone else's...), it really does make the point that in this country we expect our kids to eat food we probably wouldn't feed ourt pets. Like Baked Beans with Sausages - just ask PoP! Forcing them to take health risks we wouldn't dream of taking ourselves (like drinking warm milk and eating unrefridgerated lunches) is indicative of the way our society seems to be viewing children's diet. Last year we were called over by the teacher at the end of the day to be told eldest, who doesn't cope well with colourings and flavourings, had been very hyper all afternoon and they'd discovered it was because he'd been given additive-laden sweets by the other kids. The school's answer to this, having seen his behaviour following such food, was to request us to put sweets or chocolate in his lunchbox every day so that he wouldn't eat the worse things offered by the other children!!! Hello?! 
The milkman.mr magnolia wrote:Milk deliveries! hey, we really have moved out to the country!
Who delivers your milk, BB?
ta muchly!Bellybabe wrote:The milkman.mr magnolia wrote:Milk deliveries! hey, we really have moved out to the country!
Who delivers your milk, BB?
You asked for that.
Stuart Robertson for Wisemans.
Tel 01875 611026 (Tranent).
Email sturob01@aol.com
He does Portobello at about 3am. 45p a pint.
