by Lesley Drayton, Curator, Local History Archives
Please accept these warm Valentine’s Day wishes from the pupils of Thunderbird Cottage School. The students of this school, once located at 2812 Harvard Avenue in Fort Collins, worked on this LOVE-ly railroad back in 1966. I believe that even after 45 years, it still makes Cupid proud!
Do you have any fond memories of Valentine’s Day crafts you made in school?
I remember that, for most of the year, we used Elmer’s glue. But when Valentine’s Day came along, the teachers would pull out the rubber cement and I would always ending up gluing one hand to my pants, or my ear, or my sock, or the sock of the person sitting next to me…