This is the first part of an interview with Rennie Haslett who was born in the village of Mimico and spent most of her life there. She talks about her father going to fight in WW I and arriving home when she was in grade one. Rennie went to John English School when it was just a few classes. She describes the school as well as Mimico High School. She became a teacher in 1931 at the John English School, and talks about life as a teacher during the depression. Rennie also relates what life was like growing up in a strict Scots Presbyterian family.