Surely many of the Alumnus have some interesting reflections or stories to share with us.

There must be many untold and interesting stories of life around BHS or Berkeley City when we were growing up. Personally, I could write a book about the wonderful years of my youth while Berkeley City progressed from a fledgling city struggling through development during the "Hard Time" 30's. It was a great place to grow up and those of us that did live in Berkeley City at that time always seem to feel lucky to have had the chance to experience life in this Era. It was a simple but fulfilling time as things weren't so "hectic" and was a bit laid back in comparison. 

Thinking back about the WW II days, I remember:
Food Rationing (Coffee, Sugar & Meat to name a few)
Gas rationing
Shoe rationing
Scrap Drives
Grease Drives (It was used to make explosives for the war)
Toothpaste Tube recycling
Tin Foil recycling
Saving our money for $25 War Bonds we bought at school

There are some I have forgotten about and hopefully the above list will jog some memories and you will send me some of your experiences or stories. I will elaborate on some of the War Year rationing in a future post but hopefully I will get some emails of your reflections. Come on, lets hear from "Yawl"! It's simple to do, just send me an email (joesow@gmail.com) with your story and I will publish it. I'm looking forward to some fresh input.