Barry Morris:  

Life I was class of '72 and lettered on the LHS soccer team. Carrollton Elem., USA, 60-62, Margaret Brent Elem., USA, 62-64, Menwith Hill Elem., UK 64-67, Charles Carrol JHS, USA 67-68, Lakenheath SHS, UK 68-71, Parkdale SHS, USA 71-72. Boy Scouts at Menwith Hill. Got to camp all over Yorkshire w/Army equipment in rain and snow. Shelter-halves are a lot of fun when it is cold and wet. At LHS, I remember going to Europe to play on the soccer team at other American bases. We always went by ferry through Amsterdam; what a blast! I remember going to Rome on the Easter trips with dozens of other American kids from Lakenheath and London Central. The dorm provided a bus for trips to London. A bunch of teenage, American brats cruising London! Does anyone remember going to Kensington Market? We ate breakfast, lunch and dinner together. We gathered on Thursday nights for the dance. After school there were always friends at the base snack bar (with the jukebox) or the dayroom. Ah, the dayroom! Our giant lounge, pool hall, dining room and dance hall. Everybody went to the football and basketball games -- everybody! We even went to the wrestling matches. The whole high school lived, studied and played together. Were we lucky or what? Remember how class would stop for a few seconds as the KC-135 or a group of 3 F-100s would take off? I remember sitting out in the field at the end of the runway with a Schlitz(!) beer watching the Dutch or German F104s land with sparks! At night trying to sleep with an F4 (from Alconbury?) throttling its engines up and down made a very ghostly sound. Sunday mornings there would be a giant card game (hearts?spades?) upstairs in the TV lounge. I bet there would be a dozen kids playing or watching. In '68 they would inspect your room with a white glove in the morning, but by '71 I don't believe they did more...Expand for more