We all remember school meals. Tucking in to a tasty plate of food at lunchtime.
Or maybe you never did like the servings at the school you went to. Either way, it's time to look back on those times as we celebrate International School Meals Day.
Its aim is to look at nutrition, innovation and ideas for great new meals.
We are doing it with these 9 Echo archive photos which take in scenes from Bexhill to Benedict Biscop and Grindon Broadway to Grangetown.
![School meal photos from the Echo archives. Tell us about your favourite canteen lunch.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/13/12/28/MixCollage-13-Mar-2024-12-14-PM-7325.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. A 9-course menu of Wearside memories
School meal photos from the Echo archives. Tell us about your favourite canteen lunch. | se
![A scene from School Meals Week at Broadway Junior School in 1988.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/13/11/02/meals3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Bringing back Broadway memories
A scene from School Meals Week at Broadway Junior School in 1988. | se
![Lunchtime at Thorney Close Primary School in April 1999.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/13/11/53/meals4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. A menu of memories from Thorney Close
Lunchtime at Thorney Close Primary School in April 1999. | se
![Lunchtime at Grangetown Primary School in 2003. Tell us if you loved the school meals there.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/13/11/08/meals2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Great at Grangetown Primary
Lunchtime at Grangetown Primary School in 2003. Tell us if you loved the school meals there. | se