Jerry's Story: Drug stores and St Rays

Jerry talks about the drug stores in the neighborhood and then about the neighborhood around St Ray's as some houses got moved for Rt 95 to go through Broadway and Summit

Time: 5 minutes, 43 seconds



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Jerry's Story: Neighborhood Stores

Jerry talks of the neighborhood stores, the meat market one block one way or five blocks the other way. The ice man, the milk man. Cumberland Farms. Cream on the top of the milk bottle.

Time: 5 minutes, 56 seconds



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Jerry's Neighborhood

Jerry's childhood neighborhood in Pawtucket as seen in Google Maps today:


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Jerry's Story: Revisiting the neighborhood stores

Jerry talks about the neighborhood stores, the corner stores, the days before the big supermarkets came.

Time: 6 minutes, 29 seconds



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The drug store cowboys on Broadway

Jerry talks of the family walk on Broadway on a Sunday to his grandfather's house. As the family walked by, his sisters drew comments from the "drug store cowboys". No wonder they did not like to go to Grandpa's.

Time: 5 minutes, 7 seconds



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Selling Christmas trees from the front yard

Jerry talks of Ted selling Christmas trees from the front yard; corner of Coyle Ave and Broadway in Pawtucket. Ragman, iceman, and peddlers. Jerry also wants to check with his older siblings on some of these details.

Time: 4 minutes, 5 seconds



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Mayor of Broadway

Jerry talks about his grandfather, Henry King, who was called the "Mayor of Broadway".

Time: 3 minutes, 36 seconds



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