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"Life and Times in Arlington: An Interview with Edith R. Teel, by Norman Hurst, January 23, 1974" Edith was almost 95 at the time of the interview, and talks about how Arlington has changed since she was a child. She reminisces about how she used to know everyone in town and their families, while the town is now so much larger and she knows nobody, and other people only know their firends. She talks about how the schools have changed. When she went to high school her class only had 27 people, whereas by the 70s there were 300-400 per class. She thinks that the modern schools spend too much time entertaining and don't keep good discipline. She also thinks that young people are much worse behaved than they were previously. During the interview, they were looking at some photographs, with Edith pointing out old buildings, many of which have since been torn down, and what they were like back then. She also talks about how the town used to be more of a farming community, and how houses would have fences across their yard because people drove cattle and sheep down the road. There were also lots of parks and open spaces. When she was young, they used to get water from Robbins Spring to drink, and use the tap water only for cooking and cleaning. On the weekends, people would hire a horse and carriage and drive out to Belmont, Arlington Heights, Lexington, or Concord. The grocery stores used to deliver every day. Most families used to keep maids, who lived in the house and did most of the chores, and stay with them for years.
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January 23, 1974
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- Arlington Historical Society
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Arlington Historical Society Collection
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Carriage drivers
Children misbehaving
Maids
Memory
School discipline
Schools
Servants
Town life
Water
Teel, Edith Russell
Hurst, Norman
Academy Street
Arlington
Hardy Bakery
Jason Russell House
Pleasant Street
Russell School
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1986.7.9a
27F70653-8C8B-4D85-B487-152639135276