The house on the left of this photo is the house my parents OWNED when I was in grade school. We had left San Antonio, Texas a few months before. Our hone in San Antonio sold so we were able to get another permanent home in Chicago.
I walked to school a few blocks away. I remember the snow (up to my knees) in the winter walking a path in the playground in the mornings. It was shivering cold too! I had a nice warm furry long coat that kept me warm on those days. I even had worn long flesh-colored underwear that went to my knees, and long stockings and a dress!! The long underwear would take the cold chill away at least. I also walked home and back at lunch-time all through grade school. After that in Jr high I took a sandwich which was often, baloney, egg salad, or cheese. I never had a hot lunch at school in those elementary school days.
I continued to take sack lunch, but it wasn't until I was in high school that I would pay for my own lunches and save my babysitting, or house cleaning money I earned to occasionally eat in the school cafeteria. My choice of food was often just a simple serving of mashed potatoes and gravy, or jello with whipped cream on top of cut up cherry flavored gelatin. My favorite snacks at breaks where a frozen vanilla ice cream sandwich on a chocolate flavored cookie bar. And I loved the boxed pretzel sticks from the vending machines for .o5 too.
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