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What do you remember about walking to school?

Well one thing you had to walk to school which was about 3 miles or more and you didn't have nice clothes like today. You'd have a pair of black or grey knitted stockings which you pulled over your shoes to your knees or above and long pants or bloomers that came down to that and just a pair of black rubbers over your shoes.
We lived in Wolfville for four years, and my father worked for a farmer over there, and still had to walk the same distance to school. The last year I was there, these rubber over shoes came in, with a clip on them, and we thought we were in heaven!

How did you manage walking to school in the winter months with the snow? Did you still go to school?
Oh yes! We had a lane to go and then on to the main way and there was usually teams (of horses) and things on the roads. There wasn't that many snow ploughs in those days. I remember when the first snow plough came down to the Minudie Cemetery. It was when a man died in Joggins and that was the first time the snow plough came down to Minudie.