In the Winter of 1982, I was 12 years old and in Grade 7. I had recently changed schools from St. Mark's Elementary School to St. Patrick Jr. High on Heron Road. Each of the days were filled with the regular classes of English, Math (with Mrs. Pilon), and Religious Studies. At lunch, we would amuse ourselves in all sorts of ways. One of the vivid memories that I have is the game we used to play in the back stair case. At the back of the front building (pass the caf.) a group of guys used to gather and play "nickels".

The premise of the game is straight-forward. The objective of Nickels is to place your coin closer to the wall than your opponents. The group of players would select a player to go first. The rounded edge where the marble floor met the wall presented a challenge to some of the players. Often times the players would try to roll the coins up to the wall in hopes that they would achieve the ultimate prize, but this was curtailed shortly after it was employed. More often than not I would find that I would be able to win enough money to afford a bag of Hickory Stick Chips to finish off Lunch. A bag would cost .35 cents at the time. 

Considering the number of times that I won, I never played the game outside of St. Pat's.

Top 5 Music in February 1982
1. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille
2. Rock With You - Michael Jackson
3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
4. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
5. Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers