Chewing Gum Hairdos? Did you ever get one? I witnessed them and got a few myself. Or were they Bubble Gum Hairdos?

All of you were very Lucky that you weren’t in school in the 1950s or late 1940s. But if you were, then you will remember about this one sad thing that was happening to all of us back then.

And if you weren’t, then let me tell you and you can go ask your grandparents about this. Lol

We had Sirens going off at School. And it was a familiar sound and came quite often. I don’t know how many of these Drills were required but they sure seemed to like doing them.

And when the Sirens went off, everyone would race to their Classroom if you were on the playground and we’d very quickly get to our classroom and then get under our assigned School Desk. An old Wooden School Desk. Your special hiding spot. And these Desks were ones that were bolted into the wooden floor surface.opp

See the cubby hole for your writing pad. Pencils were on the Teachers Desk in a Can holding them.. And she would count them at the end of each day.. This was your Writing Desk and you wrote on your Big Chief Writing Tablet like this one I have-

You sat on the seat and wrote on the Desktop of the Desk in front of you. And you used a No.2 Pencil. These desks were facing the same way towards the teacher.

Then, in High School, we graduated to a newer version of school desk

Or the other one that had a pen or pencil holder.. See the grove on top.

But when those Sirens at School went off, you ran to find protection under your Desk. You were SCARED those Nuclear Missiles were Headed your way. You were SCARED because the Teacher was SCARED! And she showed it. But we didn’t know why? We were not born when the Bombs were used on Japan. But get ready. You just raced to your Desk and then CRAP! Your Head went up looking around. And you could see others with their fresh gum in their hair. And some girls cried.

And until you stuck your head up and into a fresh pile of chewed up Chewing Gum that had been stuck under the Cubby Hole on that old school Desk, you will never know the Joy of Having it Cut out of your Hair. With your hair attached. And when the Bomb Scare Alarm was over?

Teacher didn’t Care! She was there to Teach and

like a line of Ants lining up to her Desk, we’d wait until it was your turn to get the Gum and your Hair with the Gum stuck in it cut off your Head. And then during Recess, some would be made fun of. But then the Teacher would put the paddle to your bottom when the Girl ran crying to tell the Teacher. But it wasn’t fun when you got your Hair Cutoff in a clump. A nasty empty cutoff spot on your Head.

And don’t worry, your Barber Father would cut off all of your Hair, completely off. Most father’s cut the Hair of their children back then. No one wasted any money, but you might not understand if your parents never cut your hair.

And no matter how many times the Teacher told us not to stick our finished gum under our desk, we still did it. Or you swallowed it. But not after everyone was passing along the rumor that your Die if you swallowed it. But for sure, it always have me an upset stomach when I swallowed mine.

And I thought that was an early sign that the Gum was going to kill me. All by swallowing it.

So, just be glad it wasn’t you, but go ahead, and you can laugh and giggle at all of us kids who got Bubble Gum in your Hair and we got our Bubble Gum Hairdos. Or Chewing Gum Hairdos. Lol