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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Christmasjoy, post: 564278, member: 164&quot;]I started school in England&nbsp; at the of the age of 4yrs old,&nbsp; these were the days of &quot;school dinners&quot; which were served at noon in the large canteen&nbsp; ...&nbsp; girls on one side and boys on the other. Our table setting consisted of dinner plate, knife on right side, fork on the left, and the spoon placed across the top of the plate&nbsp; ..&nbsp; a paper napkin neatly folded on the plate.&nbsp; We would then line up to be served by about 4 women who would then serve the food, we were allowed to ask for &quot;large or small&quot; according to out appetites.&nbsp; A male teacher would then walk up and down the aisle between girls and boys with a ruler in his hands, observing ANY sign of bad manners like chewing and talking with ones mouth full, not having both knife and fork in ones hands, speaking loudly, not using your napkin to dab your mouth, stuffing ones mouth with food&nbsp; etc etc.&nbsp; Manners were of the utmost importance back then. Please and Thank You were always expected ..&nbsp; it was normal for us children at home and at school...&nbsp; Joy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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