Mothers have been feeding their children through school railings to bypass school meals and give them more choice.

I had to laugh when I heard about mothers feeding their children through the school railings.

I researched my family history at Brompton, near Northallerton, well known for its linen in the 19th and early 20th century. Prior to the industrial revolution the cottages had “shops” at the back where the whole family were involved in weaving. After the railways came and factories were built, many of both sexes moved into the factories across the road from the school, where they sent their children a young as three years old.

Are you already there before I tell you?

The mothers of young ones were given time off to nip over the road and breast feed theirs through the railings.

I have heard nothing about the maximum capacity of the spaces between the railings. They didn’t have cup sizes then but remembering the railings and having sold corsetry, I’ll gauge it at 36 DD. Any bigger and the children would be in danger of getting their heads fast.