Marie, We had a noon whistle, a six o'clock whistle, and a ten o'clock whistle all the years I grew up in my home town. They were an important part of our life as they let us know when it was time to go home, eat lunch, and be off the streets at night.
I had forgotten about no fences around the playgrounds. You are right, non of the playgrounds had fences at all. Thanks for sharing. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Marie <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken, I grew up in a small city in SW Louisiana and I had the same > freedoms. When I was 6 to age 9 we lived across the street from an > elementary school. There was no fence around the playground and we'd cross > over and play. Or visit friends in the neighborhood. We moved when I was > almost 10 but I would jump on my bike and go anywhere I wanted as long as I > stopped at the dime store and told mama where I'd be. When I heard the 5 > o'clock whistle blow I knew I had best be heading home. > > Never shown, but I suspect either Aunt Bee or Andy knew where Opie was 99% > of the time. And we used our imaginations to play much like Opie and his > pals did. No idea how good we had it, neither did Opie. > > Sent from my iPad -- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.themayberryguru.com www.mayberryreflections.com _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
