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Originally Posted by oldE
Anyone else remember crouching under their desk for an air raid drill?
The Cuban missile crisis was far away and close by at the same time. Halifax is the east coast base for the Canadian navy. Two hours away by road these days, but close enough that my mother heard the explosion there in 1917. I suspect a nuclear explosion there would have affected us. I had 5 older brothers and a brother in law in the air force at the time.
Not good memories.
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Les
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They had us line up against a block wall, girls against the walls, and the guys formed a wall behind them to protect the girls. My father (a 3rd generation mason) built our house (in the late 50's) with a shelter in the basement.