Charney Hall School, Grange-over-Sands

Updated 14 Nov 2023 - John Cranna, Keith Smith comments Boarding school food could never be termed ‘haut cuisine’ indeed it was closer to the other end of the culinary spectrum. Meticulous preparation and careful presentation were usurped by the modern ideals of the machine age - mass production and fast food.  Charlie Chaplin - Modern Times (1936) https://youtu.be/6n9ESFJTnHs https://youtu.be/17PkUsTVa7g Red haired Ruth was a cook not a chef but she excelled in producing meals of a consistent quality for 60 boys and their masters (‘ mass’ ) year in year out, served punctually at set times each day (‘ fast’ ). There must have been helpers but we were not aware of them. Ruth was Kitchen Queen and deserved a place on the annual school photo but never got one! The delights of a vindaloo curry and the health giving properties of a Mediterranean diet had yet to be discovered in the provinces although in the 1950s somewhere on Lumb Lane, Bradford the first curry houses