Westford Recollections of Days Gone By: Recorded Interviews, 1974-1975 A Millennium Update - Softcover

Kennedy, June

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425923887 ISBN 13: 9781425923884

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

Westford Recollections of Days Gone By offers its readers authentic tales about plain, everyday living at the turn of the 20th century in the villages of Westford, Massachusetts. This informal collection of interviews-tape-recorded in the mid-70s, though stretching to the millennium-echoes the voices of local folk, born in the late 1800s and early 1900s, who lived those times. It was horse-and-buggy days-the era of self-sustaining farms, one-room schoolhouses, country stores and doctors, Fourth of July pranksters, and a true sense of community. It was the era of the village blacksmith, the wainwright, the peddler, and the teamster hauling his produce to Faneuil Hall Marketplace. And it was a time when a wave of immigration added workers to the town's woolen mills, granite, and ice-harvesting industries-and when Westford boasted eight railroad stations. Indeed, it was a period when progress came to town with the arrival of new-fangled telephones, silent movies, autos, and electric trolleys! So journey down Westford roads into those villages of yesteryear. Yes, do come meet the folk. Westford's way is friendly and down to earth. You will feel at home with the people who have lived its story. Westford Recollections of Days Gone By features 49 folksy interviews prefaced by short biographies, 188 vintage photos, a selected bibliography, geographical data, and a millennium update of new occupants and the many changes that time has wrought within the Westford community.

About this title

About the Author:

June W. Kennedy is a 47-year resident of the New England town, Westford, Massachusetts. As a local historian, her writings Westford Recollections 1970-1975 and the Westford Recollections 250th Anniversary Series, published in the Westford Eagle, are available at the J.V. Fletcher Library and the Westford Museum. She is the author of the book Westford Recollections 1729-1979, written for the town's 250th anniversary. June is historian at First Parish Church United of Westford, a founder of the Westford Museum, and a founder of the Friends of the Parkerville Schoolhouse, where she serves as schoolmarm in the history class for "Old School Days." She and her husband, Charlie, received the Massachusetts Historical Commission 2000 Preservation Award for their 35 years of local historic preservation.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1425923887
• ISBN 13: 9781425923884
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 564