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I AM A MEMBER OF "YOU KNOW YOU ARE FROM COBDEN WHEN...." AND I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT MY BOYHOOD LIFE AS A STUDENT IN THE PLEASANT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BACK STARTING IN THE YEAR 1950....WHEN MY DAD, RUSSELL ALDRIDGE, WAS THE 5TH THROUGH 8TH GRADE TEACHERM THEN, ALONG WITH A DONALD COLEMAN AS THE PRIMARY GRADE TEACHER, AND PRINCIPAL THEN...I ALSO HAVE SHOWN PICTURES OF MY SON STANDING IN THE SIDE OF THE OLD PLEASANT RIDGE CHURCH, AND ME STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AREA BACK IN 1994....WHEN I DROVE JEFF, MY SON AND I DOWN TO VISIT SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL AS WELL AS CHURCH AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CLOSER TO WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS, THOMAS AND NELLIE ALDRIDGE LIVED ON THEIR FARM, AS WELL AS MY DAD, MOM,3 SISTERS, AND ME LIVED BACK THEN, TOO...BUT I SEE PICTURES OF A PLEASANT RIDGE CHURCH THAT HAD BURNED SINCE I TOOK THOSE PICTURES OF THE OLD PLEASANT RIDGE CHURCH BACK IN 1994...AND I SEE A TOTALLY NEW PLEASANT RIDGE CHURCH IN THE SAME LOCATION WHERE THER OLD CHURCH ONCE STOOD...SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED, IF ANYTHING TO THE OLD CHURCH I HAVE PICTURED ON MY FACEBOOK WEBSITE ENTITLED : "YOU KNOW YOUR FROM COBDEN, WHEN...." THANK YOU! LARRY ALDRIDGE...