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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Everything Changes

We went riding this afternoon to my old hometown. The school has changed so much it inspired me to make a long distance call to an old classmate to tell her about the changes we saw. This building is the auditorium with me and my fellow cheerleaders beside it. It is built out of old Sand Rock that is so in sight in this area. They have taken the windows out and installed very large solid glass windows. It must be very light inside compared to what it was in the 50's. It has a porch to the north where as a child we played Fruit Basket Turn Over. The actual school was one two story brick building with slide type fire escapes which I was terrified of they were so slick and went almost straight down and when kids played on them with wax paper you really escaped fast. When I started school, for a little country girl I thought that was the largest building I had ever seen and it may have been. Now there are buildings every where and I couldn't imagine where all those kids are coming from until we found a pretty housing addition with pretty houses, paved roads, and of all things, fire plugs. My little hometown has gone city. We didn't even have a water department, let alone fire plugs. The roads were sand, holes, and bumps. Humm if I was younger and healthier I would consider moving back.

9 comments:

Barbara In Caneyhead said...

Oh, you were a cutie! Well, still are. 😉 Our school was/is SHS! LOL I still live in my hometown.

Sharon said...

Surprising to hear the town has changed and progressed in such a good way. They usually don't.

jack69 said...

I love the picture! Oh yes! amazing how things do change. I don't really have a home town, so I have adopted Sherry's. And I have learned the changes don't blow the minds away for the ones who have remained, but for the ones who moved and come back occasionally, WHAT A CHANGE! (Even 'we' people change!)

TARYTERRE said...

changes are inevitable i suppose. looks like you encountered a few back home. things just can't stay the same.

Rose said...

I always hate to see the changes...I am wondering which cheer leader you were?

Paula said...

I'm second to right Rose with blond hair.

Hootin Anni said...

It's good to revisit the past.
2 bit, 4 bits, 6 bits a dollar!!! Rah!!!

Paula said...

Anni must have been a cheer leader too. Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. All for Somerset stand up and holler.

Lori said...

Love that picture!