Naillig
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That reminds me of my childhood too - there was a special wooden 'bed tray' which had folding legs and could be unfolded the provide a mini table to go on top of the bed. I was in bed with glandular fever for many weeks at one time and ate all my meals off the tray.
We didn't have one of those in my childhood, but we do have one in my current family, although we don't use it in bed for reasons given in an earlier post.