Figure 1.--This photograph was captioned, 'Dinnertime at Morton,' a town in West Yorkshire. We don't think there was a mill. As best we can tell the shop workers and school children are going home for lunch, dinner meaning lunch in Britspeak. There was a Church of England Primary School and St. Luke's church. The photograph is not dated, but looks like it was takn about 1910.

The breaks have remained similar. The lunch period has changed quite a bit as the facilities at schools have changed. In fact the name of the break has cahnged. Lunch is a largrely American term. It was not unknown term in Britain, but was seen as a rather working-class term and not used much at school with its middle-class staff. School lunches as late as the mid-20th century were called 'school dinners'. We now see it being reffered to as lunch, another example of creeping Americaniss. British schools especially primary schools did notb have cafertrias. Many children in the late-19th and early 20th century went home for lunch. In rural areas where the walk home was longer, mon would have prepared a sanwich or other lubch to eat at school. More recently children at school will have a 'packed lunch'. This may consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit, and a drink. Fizzy drinks are commonly not allowed. They are carried to school in a plastic container. Sandwiches may be called a 'butty' or 'sarnie', names which varied regioinally. Larger schools, mostly secondary schools may have cafeterias, commonly called canteens. This isoptional, some tudents still bring packed lunches. Boarding schools have sit down meals with most everyone served the same meal, although there are accomodations based on medical issues.

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