Oh, it's so difficult to pull those names out of the recesses of my mind any more! The names Mrs. Petty and Mrs. Tanno almost sound familiar. Since I was only there for Kindergarten, First, and part of Second Grade, I don't really remember much. Banking day on Friday...now that I remember! Is my recollection correct when I remember classrooms being on the perimeter and a large area in the middle (an open gym?)? I don't recall the names of the side streets, but one of them may have been Ruple Road. I haven't been by that area in years, so I don't know what's there now. (I've lived in the Houston area since 1980.) I haven't looked at some of my old school photos in years, so I don't know if I have any of them from Brett. That would be a hoot! My parents graduated from Collinwood in 1942. My husband actually went there for a brief time around 1966! I have many fond memories of that area and time. The last time I was there, things were SO different. I remember a little family store at the corner of East 156 and Holmes Avenue. When I think of small family stores, I always relate to that. I remember the Fisher Foods on St. Clair just west of Five Points. I remember riding the street car in the Five Points area. I remember the slate sidewalks, and the vineyard next door to our house. Times were good back then! Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: <jad331@bellsouth.net> To: <OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Wm H Brett Elementary School No kidding about the time machine, Lynne! I am getting really nostalgic in my old age. It sure was a different world then. I remember names of some of my teachers: Mrs. Petty, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Tanno, Ms Crist/Crise(?). Are you old enough to remember banking day on Fridays, and how we saved dimes on a little card, then deposited them into our accounts? Mrs. Petty gave me "what for" one day, accusing me of wearing lipstick to school (when I was in 6th grade). I hotly denied it (how unthinkable!) and when she sent me to the bathroom to wash my face, I looked in the mirror and discovered the "lipstick" was actually blood on my lip - I had gone to the dentist before coming to school and my gum had apparently been bleeding. She gave me a big hug and apologized, and she remained my favorite teacher that school year! I also remember that I actually was given piano lessons at school, and played in the school orchestra. To answer Ceal, Brett School was on St. Clair, just a few blocks east of Collinwood HS, which was at the intersection of East 152nd. For the life of me I can no longer remember the names of the two side streets where the school was, but it's long gone - I think maybe some apartments are there now - is that right, Lynne? Both of my parents graduated from Collinwood (my dad in 1938 and mom in 1939), and I have an old autograph book that my mom kept from her 6th grade class at East Clark Elementary School, which was located on East 146th St. I have several class photos from the late 1920's and early 1930's from East Clark, but don't know identity of any of the children, other than my mom. My big regret is that I have no class photos of my years at Brett - cannot imagine what became of them. Judy > > From: "LynneC13" <lynnec13@swbell.net> > Date: 2004/10/29 Fri PM 01:28:53 EDT > To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Nottingham WAS a town that rivaled Euclid! > > I went to William H Brett from Kindergarten through half of second grade. > (Moved > to South Euclid in 1954.) It's kind of sad to drive by and find they've torn > down the building. > > Electric street cars were very prevalent in the Five Points area. > > Does anyone have a Time Machine!!! > > Lynne in Texas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jad331@bellsouth.net> > To: <OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Nottingham WAS a town that rivaled Euclid! > > > I remember well those red-brick streets in my home town of Cleveland, and the > electric streetcars that used to run on them when I was a child. How nice to > hear some of them have been preserved! > > I lived off St. Clair, between 152nd and 185th Streets in the 1940s and early > 1950s, and this thread brings back many fond memories. Does anybody remember > the > Wm H Brett Elementary School? I attended there from 3rd-6th grades, and I went > to Collinwood HS for one year before we moved away from the city in 1954. > > Judy in Georgia > > > > > From: CEAL611@aol.com > > Date: 2004/10/28 Thu PM 08:00:03 EDT > > To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Nottingham WAS a town that rivaled Euclid! > > > > > > > > Thanks, Robert! That is great information as I still live in the area > > right now. I know there was a grain mill at the corner of East 185th Street > > and > > St. Clair. Perhaps that is the grain mill that you were referring to. > > Nottingham Rd. is off of Lake Shore Blvd. with some of the East 170 Streets > > off of it > > as well as named streets. It lost quite a bit of it when the freeway came > > through. There use to be a Nottingham School here, but it went with the > > freeway > > as well. 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