Mama Kat Thursday: Vintage Back to School Memories
Today's Mama Kat is to share, "A Back to School Memory." The scent of autumn was in the air and golden rod was in bloom when I started school in 1963. I wore a dress, since dresses were what all girls wore to school back then, and carried a red & black plaid book bag, such as the one pictured. I carried all my books back and forth to school everyday. Initially, I don't recall we could leave books in the our desks and I remember not enjoying how heavy trundling that loaded book bag back and forth was. At some point in grade school, we had assigned desks and could leave our stuff there. I think desk styles changed maybe, though I can't remember. I do remember I wasn't carrying that thing back and forth in 2nd grade. 50's/60's Book Bag I would wait for the bus at the end of the driveway and on this particular day I recall going sitting at the very farthest back seat. The bus's next stop was at ...