when i was young a long time ago i went to a small school in a small town. shop was downstairs (really a half basement similar to the one in the picture), the first floor was four rooms -> 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, 7&8. Then the 9-12 was the next floor up and a half floor up was a little castle like turrent where the principal lived. Outside of a boy who was sweet on my sister (5 years old in first grade) running down the picnic table at the end of the year celebration, i remember sliding down the fire escape once a year for fire drill. of course back then we girls had to wear dresses. i remember somebody sort of waxing it before the drill so we could actually slide down and the teachers at the bottom to catch us smaller ones. it was quite a trip trying to get down and your dress down too.
i am not sure if they still use this one. it looks well kept, but if there was a real fire would someone have to run around to the back of the school to unlock the grate? not a problem if it is a drill because you can do it ahead of time. maybe they have a kick release so the first one down can push it open. or perhaps it is just there for reunions so the old folks can slide down and remember trying to either keep your dress down or sneak a peak at the girls coming down.
the last time i took a trip down one gas was 16 cents a gallon. entertainment is lot pricier now!
2 comments:
wow! i can't believe you found a picture of a slide like this. i remember you telling me you slid down one as a child. pretty cool to see a picture of an example.
I remember that fire slide. I also remember walking under the bleachers during football games and seeing sugar cubes on the ground. Lots of them. Where did they come from? I don't remember going down the slide. Hmmmmmm.
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