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After we finished Grade 8 in the two room school, we saw a picture of that school before, we had to go to Halifax. We went in on the train, of course. We went to Bloomfield School in the north end for Grade 9. It was the year after the explosion and the station had been demolished and a new one was being built, at the South End Terminals, but, rather than change schools, we continued on at Bloomfield. We went in on the train at 8:20, got off at Fairview station and walked into the school, along Kempt Road, then walked back at noon to get the 1:20 train home. We did not have afternoon school in High School. We would get home for dinner after 2:00 o'clock. After that year the students went to Morris Street for Grade 9 and we went to the Halifax Academy at the top of Sackville Street. We never realized how far we had to walk. From the South End Station to the top of Sackville Street is quite a jaunt.