Tape # 619 Blackwell, Mary
Address: 16 Pinewood Road, Methuen, MA 01844
Phone: (978) 683-1565
Date of Birth: March 22, 1923
Occupation: Telephone Worker
Ethnic Background: Irish
Interviewer: Marguerite Murphy
Summary: The narrator describes living in the area across the Spicket River in the 1930's and 1940's, a time when the neighbors were very supportive. She talks about going to public schools (Lawrence High, class of 1940), the churches people attended (she went to the Assumption), the Hurricane (anecdote), the Depression, and the changes in their lives during WWII.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.056-mblac…
Date (created)
2005-01-20