When Alison Hopkinson first started serving school lunches, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, George Michael’s Careless Whisper was No 1 in the charts, and celebrity chef and school meals campaigner Jamie Oliver was still at school himself.
The 64-year-old dinner lady and cook last week celebrated 40 years in the job at Greenfield St Mary’s in Oldham – the same primary school she attended as a child.
