The August Mayfield Diaries

Banana Custard

I had a fruit salad this afternoon and it reminded me of when I first started primary school in the 70's, if you lived close enough to school, you could go home for lunch which is something I used to do.

When my mum returned to work, I had to have school dinners. I was outraged. Initially, I ate like a sparrow. One green pea, one nugget of beef from the stake and kidney pie, a spoon full of jelly and a sip of water but I soon had a fight with hunger pangs and it won so decided to eat and resign from my unofficial hunger strike.

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