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Merredin Railway Museum > Records

MERREDIN OSLO LUNCH PLATES

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10 White plates with emblem 2 cooks carrying large platter MERREDIN OSLO LUNCH printed underneath in black 2exta plates sepia printing .Some plates have x on back in black ink with letters C.W.A. Copies of information in drawer D - room 2

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In 1940a school in Victoria began a trial to asses the value of the Norwegiandesigned Oslo lunch ---a salad sandwich on wholemeal bread a bottle of milk & a piece of fruit .The trial showed that children eating the Oslo lunch gained weight had more energy & that their scratches & cuts healed faster . Merredin established a Oslo lunch building on Duff st behind the North Merredin School now the Library in 1960s ?

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cwa-org-156-2018.1389

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Merredin Railway Museum

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