Wednesday, July 11, 2018

MYRA BRADWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7736 S BURNHAM AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - A VIEW FROM THE SOUTH END SHOWING ALL THE TREES - THE DOOR IN THE FOREGROUND WAS TO THE AUDITORIUM - IT WAS A NICE FACILITY AND WAS USED FOR MANY THINGS FROM AWARD DAYS AND GRADUATION CEREMONIES TO PRESENTATIONS FROM OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ODD "CONCERT" - EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WAS MOVIE DAY WHERE WE WE SAW INFORMATIONAL FILMS ABOUT INDUSTRIES AND THE LIKE - IN OUR DAY, EATING CANDY WAS FORBIDDEN EVEN IN THE DARK OF MOVIE DAY - THE RULE DIDN'T STOP A WIDESPREAD INDUSTRY OF SNEAKING IN CANDY TO EAT - TEACHERS PATROLLED THE AISLES LOOKING FOR VIOLATORS - SOME KIDS WERE REALLY GOOD AT SNEAKY EATING - MY FRIEND BOB PEARSON WHO LOVED SWEETS EVEN USED TO BRING A BOTTLE OF POP WITH A STRAW, APART FROM ALL THE STUFF JAMMED INTO HIS POCKETS, STUCK IN THE WAIST OF HIS PANTS - OCT 11 1968 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE

SCAN OLD Bradwell from South End Oct. 11, 1968