1.   Encourage anyone who wishes, to help at meal times either by preparing, serving or clearing away.

2.   His family were a captive audience, especially at meal times, which were central to their day.

3.   His sister Elizabeth remembered that as a child he half closed his eyes at meal times as he sat with his family.

4.   Meal times provide a Marvellous forum for stories, some wildly exaggerated, others somewhat embarrassing.

5.   So I only met her at meal times, when the community got together, and so on.

6.   These engagements and meal times should be considered the fixed points in each day.

7.   These include meal times, evening, going to and getting up from bed.

8.   Try to make coffee or tea breaks and all meal times a social occasion.