Budding Chefs

Pupils of Nelson Intermediate School work in clubs, once a week. There are 22 clubs available. but for the boys, one of the most popular is the cooking club. There are 24 boys in the club (the maximum possible), but 150 applied for tuition. We visited the boys' cooking' class recently and found them all busy as beavers. Sitting down to a meal (above) which they cooked themselves are Gary Thomas, Roger Bennett, Brent Wright, Trevor Scott, Gordon Richmond, Neville Scott, Kevin Jennens, George Gibbs, and Glen Miller. Steak, eggs, sausages and chips seemed to be the favourite foods.

Teacher Mrs W. J. Ratcliffe gives Raymond Mortimer a hand.

Cook's privilege, a wee taste, and Donald Hughes does just that while making his Dutch apple cake.

Martin Jones and Matthew Toynbee sample their Dutch apple cake.

Steak and chips for Glen Miller and Roger Bennett.

Into the oven goes David McNabb's apple crisp.

Cornish pastie enthusiasts, Robert Westrupp and Donald Hughes, seem a little doubtful about the result, but in "the proof of the pastie" no doubts were left.

Kevin Parkinson savours the aroma emanating from his mince pie (which he took home to mum for tea).

The club's activities don't stop with cooking. The boys do their own ironing and washing, and that's what Alister Mackay

Roger Bennett, Brent Wright and George Gibbs (below) are doing.

The worst part of the cooking is washing up, but Maurice Ward, Neville Craze and Peter Schwass get to it with a will.

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The Nelson Photo News

No 103 : May 31, 1969

Budding Chefs