the basement of p.s.164 - PS 164 Alumni

lord, do I remember those air…

2009-02-21T01:31:11.812Z

lord, do I remember those air raid drills!!! I dont think I understood why we were there but it got us out of schoolwork for awhile

I played ping pong in some so…

2008-12-19T17:52:53.194Z

I played ping pong in some sort of club down in that basement. I remember the teacher who had to monitor us would knit while we played.

Our Brownie Troop used to mee…

2008-09-27T22:05:42.879Z

Our Brownie Troop used to meet in the basement in the early years of the school (1956-1958)

One step advanced from "duck…

2008-09-25T17:03:05.729Z

One step advanced from "duck and cover" I was always skeptical that the basement hallway would protect us from a bomb. But a much easier concept for kids to deal with than today's bioterror and suicide bomber threats.

In 1st grade and maybe 2nd (1…

2008-03-07T05:02:10.244Z

In 1st grade and maybe 2nd (1958-1959), I was put in a "speech class" because I had a lisp. It was once a week (I think) and held in a room in the basement. I just remember it being really strange down there! Anyone else have "speech class"?

Wow- I remember playing the v…

2008-02-21T22:47:57.389Z

Wow- I remember playing the violin, too, with the dry sponges... I also remember giving a concert and Steven Kuchuck's strings broke in the middle of the concert. He pretended to keep playing as he walked off the stage.

Those were the good old days...

I remember going to the basem…

2008-02-17T22:32:26.753Z

I remember going to the basement for bomb drills. Oh the Cold War!

I cannot stand that Kathy doe…

2008-02-16T19:54:37.797Z

I cannot stand that Kathy doesn't have a computer to see this. Maybe I can copy it and send it to her. I didn't know about the guitar. Waht do you remember about Main St.any favorite stores. Check out Any Tivoli's group called 164 ballplayers. That's my brother's friend.

OMG, I remember that silly wo…

2008-02-16T17:03:21.468Z

OMG, I remember that silly wool covered hanger assignment. We were told to get two colors (mine was red & blue) and we spent what seemed like weeks, making those hangers. I suspiciously expected 'Pearl' to demand them at completion, pulling a Cathy Lee Gifford on us. I think I had that hanger through college.

It was both. Her real name wa…

2008-02-16T16:56:49.687Z

It was both. Her real name was Pearl, but she was "fondly" called "Penny." Her hair was the color of a copper penny...so maybe that's why? She made me her water-girl. I used to have to go to the water fountain to fetch her water for her soup. Was that a good sign or a bad one? I don't know. About 10 years ago, I looked her up in a NYC directory and called her. You'd think that, after all these years, she'd remember my name. After all, I was her water girl! No such luck! First she questioned me suspiciously, as though I were a solicitor. After I got her to believe that I was no such person, I tried to get her to tell me the secrets of making wool-woven hangers (Remember that assignment?). I wanted to make them for my family. She couldn't remember how they were made, so she directed me to Lori Hoberman...a name she DID remember!