'It was just meant to be a temporary thing but I ended up liking the holidays. I’d just got my two boys into school and I thought it would be a good job to be able to take them to school and pick them up hours wise. Pauline, from Huyton, told the ECHO: 'I started September 19, 1977. Read More: 60 incredible photos that capture life in Liverpool in the 1960s Next week, Pauline will work her last dinner lady shift as Hope Primary breaks up for the summer holidays and said she'll miss 'the people and the routine' the most.
Now over four decades on, Pauline has seen thousands of children grow up and pass through the doors, as well as food likes and dislikes come and go and the school transform to become Hope Primary. Originally taking the job to fit around her sons' school routine, Pauline initially thought the role would be temporary but came to love the staff and holidays. Great-grandmother Pauline Roberts, 74, started working at what was once St Dominic's infant and junior schools on Lordens Road in Knowsley back in the late 1970s. A loved dinner lady who has served generations of children is retiring after working at the same school for 45 years.
