Head’s fruit ban was overturned on a-peel

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, the saying goes. So it was a bit of a surprise when in 1991 Westlands First School banned children from eating their own fruit at lunch time.

Instead, the school insisted pupils eat the stodgy puddings provided.

After complaints from parents and Worcestershire’s director of public health, the school backed down and started offering fruit as an alternative to the old chocolate concrete and pink custard!