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Message: [QUOTE="zymurg, post: 3488001, member: 667"] Talking about train trips, my first was from Hartford to Philly to visit my grandparents.. This was where i got my first comic, the Scrooge Mc Duck. Years later when I returned (after WW II, it was still there.Now I could actually read it. I have no clear memory of VE day, but I remember clearly VJ day including hanging an effigy of Tojo from the lamp post. I also remember Victory Gardens, we had one. I collected stamps. One of my uncles was a serious collector; he got me started. Our first home had a coal furnace, and naturally had a coal bin. That was in Mayberry Village East Hartford. My first school was literally the Little Red School House. My Kindergarten teacher was Miss Alva Otis; she was a wonderful teacher. She was the first of many. We moved to Manchester when I was in third grade. My sixth grade teacher was Mrs Simpson. She had us make a class yearbook, my contribution was this immortal poem:"When I grow up to be a man; I'll be a scientist mixing things from can to can. A little explosion won't hurt me because that's the man I was meant to be." It was colorfully illustrated; I'm sure I didn't do the colorful Illustration because I have no artistic talent whatsoever. I attended a number of major league games with my father; I remember particularly a World Series game at Ebbets field. The Yankees lost 2-1. I remember watching Queen Elizabeth's coronation on television in class. Transmission from abroad wasn't there yet. The picture was assembled thread by thread until we had a picture of her seated on the throne crowned with scepter in hand. My favorite TV program other than quiz show and cartoons was "The Defenders" with E.G.Marshall. More anon [/QUOTE]

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