Free milk was provided to school children from 1937 to 1967. These children are drinking their milk in about 1939. Listen to comedian John Clarke's funny take on school milk, in the persona of farmer Fred Dagg.
Transcript
This was in the days of course when there was such a thing at school milk, this was before the politicians decided the kids didn't like school milk. And if they did like it they didn't want it, and if they both liked it and wanted it they bloody well weren't gonna get it! And what they used to do was they used to stack the school milk out the sun for a couple of hours to curdle nicely for the children with a little green head on it about so high. And generally after school milk there'll be a few fairly pale faces about the place and now again we have a visit from this sawdust man. Remember him do ya?
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)
Reference: MNZ-2461-1/4-F
Sound file courtesy of John Clarke.
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