Neil Curtin growing up in Tyringham, MA; childhood. Topics include: going to school in Tyringham and then Lee, MA, sledding on a “sledge,” rake factory, Tyringham Cobble, trout fishing, worrying on a farm as a youth, logging, mill work, animals on family farms, deer hunting, trapping raccoon.
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Place of interview: 146 Main Road, Tyringham, MA.
People: Helen Curtin, Neil Curtin, Gordon VanOrman, Donnie Stanton, Donald Clark “Crow”, Marty Clark, Frankie Clark, Frank Stedman, Don Hale, George Hale, Alice Hale, Stannard, Ira Smith, Mrs. Reber, Mrs. James, Beulah Canon, John McLennan, Ward McCarthy, Clifford Canon, Gerry Curtin, Lyle Taylor, Marshall Cody.
Places: Tyringham schoolhouse, Mill Pond, Wildwood near Otisk, MA, Sodom Road, Hayes Pond, Curtin store.
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.
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Basic information on interviewee(s): Curtin, Neil 1931-2015. Born and raised in Tyringham, MA.
