Chief reporter JACK TOLSON takes a look back through the Chronicle archives from March 2005
SCHOOL LUNCH MUST BE MEAT AND TWO VEG
THE traditional meat and two veg should be compulsory at every school lunch, says a Barnsley councillor.
Pizzas, burgers and chips should be banished from the menu in favour of produce cooked at the schools, says Coun Grace Brown.
“There is now point in following a piecemeal policy if we are genuinely concerned about our children’s health and it is time we stopped letting kids tell adults what they want,” she said.
“If children are given a choice they will always go for fast food as that is the easy option an we need to get back to traditional school meals.
“Meat and two vegetables should be the standard school dinner for every child and if they want diversity they can find it in their own time.
“Every child should get the meal free and it should be compulsory as this would stop them going out the shops during the break and buying junk food.
“People in prisons and hospitals have free meals, so I don’t see why all children can’t get them at school.”
ACTOR TAKES ON TOUGH ROLE IN ASYLUM MOVIE
A NEW film about refugees will be premiered at a film festival this month - with a Barnsley actor taking one of the lead roles.
Dai Bradley who famously played Billy Casper in the film Kes appears as Father Michael in Asylum.
In the film Dai’s character gives refuge in his church to two Kurdish asylum seekers on the run from the authorities.
Dai said: “Asylum is mostly concerned with what happens in the 20-day siege of the church with police surrounding it.
“The film looks at the attitudes of local people who are at first wary.
“Also my character has problems with the church authorities.”
Filming Asylum was a tough ordeal for cast and crew alike.
“It was a lot of work to take on,” he said.
“It was a very long film and we realised when we were filming it that if we just stuck to the script without cutting it, it would be about five hours long.
“We were working 18 to 20 hours a day living on four hours sleep a night for about five weeks.”
IT’S A RAP FOR CUBLEY AUTHOR CERI
LIBRARIAN Ceri Worman launched her second children’s book yesterday.
And the library’s usual silence was disturbed by a rapper.
The Secret Life of Jamie B Rapstar is about a youngster who dreams of having another life as a rapper.
And rhyming star Dred Tobinga performed at the launch.
Ceri said: “The book is all about having fun with words, every time Jamie has a fantasy it’s about being famous.
“My son was listening to rap stars like Eminem but Jamie B is not allowed to use bad language.”
