How many of you remember the “kissing corner” on the playground?
As I remember, the Woodsdale playground was somewhat segregated by fencing. The older students played on the Maple Avenue side of the playground facing Vance Church. That’s the side where the softball diamond and backstop was located. The younger students played on the section on west side entrance facing Bethany Pike. The entrance to Mrs. Fox Kindergarten room was at the back of the building on that part of the playground.. The north side fence ran slightly behind her room and formed a “V” about 8 feet deep. And that my friends formed the “Kissing Corner”!
The game was to chase someone into that corner…the price of freedom was a kiss. Both sides played the game..... I distinctly remember being corralled by an “older woman”. Her identity and honor shall be preserved to my grave. (Name rhymes with Date).
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I'll never reveal her identity either, but I heard that you chase her to the outdoor steps of the girls bathroom and she tripped, fell and sprained her ankle!..Must not have liked the kiss. Funniest part is they made her walk up that LONG fire escape to the nurse's room and then back down to meet her mom for a trip to the hospital!!!..how stupid was that?
ReplyDeleteI guess kissing in the 3rd grade was a dangerous sport back then...
ReplyDeleteI remember standing on that playground and being hit in the stomach by a line drive from my cousin David Jackson. It knocked the wind out of me and scared me to death! I was very careful to stay around the corner by the poles and fire escape from then on.
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