1 hour ago, Tarax Club said:

Much more fun than across the road. Although we used have dancing classes on Saturday night. Where polite young men could meet the fairer sex.

I remember the odd food fight across South Road waiting for the school Buses to arrive!! 😁

Practice Matches, another Demonland thread that’s got derailed…

5 hours ago, TRIGON said:

Practice Matches, another Demonland thread that’s got derailed…

At least the distraction came after the last of the non-Dees practice matches had been played and discussed. But speaking of distractions, and more particularly, food fights @Sir Why You Little and @Tarax Club, read on…

I was a student at Trinity Grammar and recall a time when a Mr Whippy van (in their very early days - early to mid 60’s?) turned up in the narrow road behind Trinity’s old primary school play area which led to a side entrance belonging to Xavier.

Mr Whippy was perceived as a threat to our beloved tuck shop and the tuck shop ladies therein, so in what was probably the only piece of ‘bi-partisan’ action ever, involving the two groups of students from Trinity and Xavier, masses of kids queued up and purchased masses of ice-creamy treats.

Mr Whippy no doubt thought all of his Christmases had come at once, but… his Christmas cheer quickly turned to Christmas panic as every one of those ice-creamy treats was hurled at his van, while other ‘operatives’ let the air out of his tyres.  Poor Mr Whippy left with his tail between his legs and his van attached to a tow truck.

Now THAT, despite it being ridiculously one sided, was a food fight for the ages!

3 hours ago, hardtack said:

At least the distraction came after the last of the non-Dees practice matches had been played and discussed. But speaking of distractions, and more particularly, food fights @Sir Why You Little and @Tarax Club, read on…

I was a student at Trinity Grammar and recall a time when a Mr Whippy van (in their very early days - early to mid 60’s?) turned up in the narrow road behind Trinity’s old primary school play area which led to a side entrance belonging to Xavier.

Mr Whippy was perceived as a threat to our beloved tuck shop and the tuck shop ladies therein, so in what was probably the only piece of ‘bi-partisan’ action ever, involving the two groups of students from Trinity and Xavier, masses of kids queued up and purchased masses of ice-creamy treats.

Mr Whippy no doubt thought all of his Christmases had come at once, but… his Christmas cheer quickly turned to Christmas panic as every one of those ice-creamy treats was hurled at his van, while other ‘operatives’ let the air out of his tyres.  Poor Mr Whippy left with his tail between his legs and his van attached to a tow truck.

Now THAT, despite it being ridiculously one sided, was a food fight for the ages!

Hahahaha!! Kid Frenzy 

Something similiar happened at School in 1978?? When The Big M milk first arrived, i am talking day 1-2 of the campaign. 
Every kid was buying them, i have not seen anything like it since

So many cartons were bought that the Tuck shop area was bulging with Milk cartons

And of course once one was thrown at pace, it was on!!

The Tuck Shop ladies had to bunker down…