I was just going to say that! My school did NOT have us hiding under desks. Although we children were somewhat aware of the tension of the times, we were NOT scared to death by drills to hide under our desks for an impending nuke attack!
No we just continued our lessons. Oblivious and innocent. In the event, we were not blown up by nukes -- and the desks would not have saved us. HA!
I wonder how much of the "hiding under desks" is an urban legend? I can't say, I did not go to a school that had us hiding under our desks.
I was a kid, I remember the scared whispers of the grown ups and school drills hiding under desks…
I was just going to say that! My school did NOT have us hiding under desks. Although we children were somewhat aware of the tension of the times, we were NOT scared to death by drills to hide under our desks for an impending nuke attack!
No we just continued our lessons. Oblivious and innocent. In the event, we were not blown up by nukes -- and the desks would not have saved us. HA!
I wonder how much of the "hiding under desks" is an urban legend? I can't say, I did not go to a school that had us hiding under our desks.
My mom's school did in Florida. They also had to wear dog tags. Crazy.
In southern California during the early 70s that was the drill for earthquakes, Watts riots !