Linda Fader shares her personal and emotional experiences as she remembers the NASA moon landing… and the delivery of her new oriental rug.

Linda Fader b. 1943

When Bob Fader was stationed in Cuba, working for the Navy’s Hurricane Hunters Unit, he took it upon himself to appropriate and disseminate much-needed medications and vaccines to the people of Cuba. Hear all about his adventures in Cuba:

Photo from a series of photographs by Ramiro Fernandez entitled Cuba Then, which highlights the cosmopolitan character of pre Castro’s austere Cuba.

When Bob was 20 years old, he was out in the woods gathering princess pine boughs for his mom, when he startled a hunter. Hear what happened next:

Bob Fader b. 1937

I love a good love story, don’t you? Susannah was kind enough to tell me about where she hung out during her teen years, Cohee’s Marshfield Roll-A-Rink, on Webster Street (opened 1952).

Guess who else skated there.

You guessed right.

Hear all about Cohee’s and how Susannah & Roger Leslie met.

Susannah Leslie b. 1943

I learn something new every day. Today I learned that there was a cod fish on the 1938 Massachusetts license plate, but people were up in arms over the direction it was facing. So they switched it for the 1939 license plate, but people were still not happy. Go figure. Listen here:

Roger A. Leslie b. 1939

Roger and I went through his photo albums and talked about some of his historical photos. Hear about it:

Yesterday I sat down with Roger Leslie and learned the process of harvesting ice back in the day, before refrigeration. His dad owned an ice and fuel company on Webster street, just a short distance from Hackett’s pond in Hanover. Listen to his story here:

Roger A. Leslie b. 1939

Growing up in Hingham, I never heard anything about blimps flying through Hingham after WW2.  Through recent interviews, I’ve enjoyed learning more about the Weymouth Naval Air Station (now Union Point) and their dirigible balloon program.

Rosie’ s memories of the blimps here:

Rosemary Chirillo b. 1942

Mary Stokes & Barbara Falvey also shared some stories here:

Mary Stokes & Barbara Falvey b.1936

I’ve documented a few stories about the Hanover Fireworks factory, but I learned yesterday, that during the Vietnam era, civilians were also making bomb components in Hingham. No surprise Rosie was one of them. Hear her story:

Rosemary Chirillo b.1942