Weekend Update - Shopping and Sloth

[brickhousewench]

Saturday I had sort of spur of the moment plans to head back to Exeter for the “Goodbye to the Cage.” After 90 years they’re tearing down the old dirt-floored Academy Field House with the wooden track around the second floor. The one that I remember smelling like dirt, sweat, and despair (that last part was probably the wrestling room). It’s a

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[allgudallthetim]

I did not know they were going to do this...I don't get the Exeter News Letter (or go to it online much...which I guess I should) so I had not heard.
Being a Townie, I certainly spent my time going over to the PEA campus and hanging about. We used to go over to the fields via the Gravel Bridge (where my parents used to swim when they were kids) and play in the fields there. And we used to go into the Cage, and nose around. When I was in my 20s, I used to go running there, so I spent some time on the wooden track, as well! It will be sad to see it go, but progress must happen. It's like when they got rid of the old outdoor skating rink and build the big, albeit ugly, concrete monstrosity for hockey games.

[brickhousewench]

I have no idea if they announced the event outside of the alumni network? But yeah, it's a neat old building. And I'm oddly sad to see it go.