Ranald Thurgood:  

I enjoyed Walkerville's 100th (+) reunion on May 18-20, 2023. It was great fun seeing old friends, exploring the school halls and classrooms, catching the entertainment, and reminiscing about teachers, classmates,, and experiences .We had plenty of laughs. We've all aged and survived a few blows along the way through life. Still, people are essentially the same when you connect with them again. Reunions are worth attending. I'm not someone who'e full of "school spirit" or who gets misty-eyed when we sing "The Blue and White," Still, my teens were an important and intense -- though surprisingly short -- part of life. It was fun to be around people who shared those years with me. (Despite the image portrayed in Hollywood movies, generally people don't all fall into their old social roles at high school reunions, and the bullies are dead, in prison, or too unhappy to turn up.) ------------------------------ I'm no longer the slim, curly-topped boy who you remember. After leaving Windsor in 1971, I spent the 70's freakin' in Toronto and the Ottawa Valley, working at various labour and...Expand for more