Lynn Spence:  

I am still living on the North Shore. There are quite a few of us still here, After leaving Braemar I attended Balmoral for one year then my family moved down near Handsworth. . I wasn't a very good student, I loved art, music [except the recorder] [who's bright idea was that?] gym, field trips, hot dog day] Teresa, Pam, Donna, Claudia,; just to name a few; and I were usually in detention especially in Mrs. Edges class. That poor woman! She took me aside on the last day of fifth grade and asked my if Teresa and I had conspired against her. [And SHE was one of my favorite teachers.][ she read The Hobbit to us when we had quiet time on Fridays] We mostly got in trouble for talking in class and passing notes. A few of us got a book out of the library on making codes. We got quite creative. Mrs. Gregg was wonderful. My older sister dated a friend of her sons' so I usually stayed out of trouble in her class. The saddest day when there was an accident in the Major Works class, with [ I think] Phosphorous. That was a day that made all the fire drills worth it. I was in the music room across the hall from the accident and we went out the window in the back which was easier than it sounds. The evacuation was quite orderly and we were in our groups on the field.. Does anybody remember when the bus hit Larry Meeks house? Enough sad stuff!!!!! I remember the roller skating parties at Stardust Roller rink. Mrs. Gregg had us put on a Christian version of Fiddler on the Roof. This is were I got my first fifteen minutes of fame. I went to the front of the stage all alone and recited a poem called the Christmas Rose, I had on my own creation of a tutu under a dress and hammed it up by pretending to have to go to the bathroom, I held a huge fake rose in front of me and tried my best Henry Gibson impersonation[ he was on Laugh- In.} [If you are still readings this ,yes this is the way I talk] Remember the four square game and the ball? I hit Miss Knight in the head with the ball and her wig came off. She was a bit scary at the best of times and liked to use the ruler as an incentive to behave. Mr. Rawlinson used to do his version of a moon walk in class. . Do you remember when we got to hatch chicken eggs in class? DON'T I just go on and on. I still have all my class pictures. I am not a hoarder, I am not a hoarder!!!!!! I had a pretty fun life . After high school [Handsworth] I followed in the foo...Expand for more