Fred continues to guide down the various Tyringham roads and their houses, then moves on to talk about getting by in the 1930s with home remedies, food storage and preservation, as well as describing school and the various amusements people pursued in the days before TV. Topics include: moving the Shaker seed house and Shaker meeting house, industry: brick kiln, abandoned roads, herbal medicine, hunting skunks, square dances, sledding, skiing, the Center School, baseball, food storage and preservation.
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Interviewer name: Catha Rambusch.
Place of interview: Tyringham, MA.
Names mentioned: Gardners, Palmers, Nate Canon, Treats, Howards, Nudson Brewery, Bill Roericks, Jim Mcarty, Cosels, Grangers, Ketchums, Millers, Gilly Palmer, Twings, Hudsons, Heaths.
This project was completed with help from The Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College, a project of the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (Housatonic Heritage) that serves Western Massachusetts and Northwest Connecticut. The Center helps people plan and implement sustainable oral history projects and properly care for their new and existing collections.
