[MassHistPres] Fwd: bomb and fallout shelters

[Cupfish Cupfish]

this is from my sister Barbara, nee 1951:

My favorite memory, or strongest, is playing with Duncan yo yo's on the 
playground ( 5th grade), everyone watching the sky for missiles,  and me 
parroting Mom with "they are not that stupid and won't attack". I still 
remember feeling like a sage at that point. It's so bizarre because I 
remember being under my desk during a drill and thinking that right, this 
desk for sure will save me. Not.



>From: Dennis De Witt <djdewitt at rcn.com>
>To: MHC listserve <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
>Subject: [MassHistPres] Fwd: bomb and fallout shelters
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:46:53 -0500
>
>Apropos the discussion of fallout shelters, see the following.
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: The Society of Architectural Historians <sah_l at hotmail.com>
> > Date: February 1, 2007 4:22:05 PM EST
> > To: SAH-L at SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
> > Subject: bomb and fallout shelters
> > Reply-To: Society of Architectural Historians <SAH-L at SI-
> > LISTSERV.SI.EDU>
> >
> >> From: David Monteyne <d.monteyne at ucalgary.ca>
> > Dear SAH list members,
> >
> > Apologies for cross-postings, but I was inspired by the thread on
> > another list that generated some wonderful responses. I have been
> > meaning to ask the list for their memories of bomb and fallout
> > shelters. I am working on a book on this topic, from an
> > architectural point of view. My main focus is the public fallout
> > shelter program of the 1960s, the program that posted all those
> > black and yellow fallout shelter signs around the U.S. However, I do
> > address the backyard shelters of the 1950s-60s as well.
> >
> > **I'd be very interested in any memories that the list members (or
> > their friends and family) have about backyard shelters or,
> > especially, public fallout shelters. Does anyone have memories about
> > civil defense drills in the public shelters, or in their school
> > shelters? What did the black and yellow fallout shelter signs mean
> > to you?**
> >
> > Please send your recollections to me directly, at the address below.
> >  NOTE:  listserv member are welcome to share their repsonses by
> > sending a
> > copy of your response to the listserv.
> >
> > Ever grateful,
> >
> > David Monteyne
> > Assistant Professor
> > Architecture and Urban Design
> > Faculty of Environmental Design
> > University of Calgary
> > 2500 University Dr. NW
> > Calgary, AB, Canada
> > t2n 1n4
> >
> > d.monteyne at ucalgary.ca
> > 403.220.7859
> >
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