Tim Flaherty

Midcentury Medfield Memories – Fishing, etc. at Kingsbury’s Pond

Oct 1, 2022   There was fear in the 1950s – of communist infiltrators, of the H-bomb, of mutations caused by radiation and of science.   On the humanistic level of how people treated others, there was sometimes the loss of dignity and sensitivity. More precisely, there was a fair amount of bullying taking place either […]

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Celebrating and Remembering Some of the Fads from 1950s and 60s — Part II

Feb 1, 2022     Continuing from last month, here’s some nostalgia for some of the great fads from the 1950s and 60s. Clothes, hairstyles, toys, and television shows all have their fifteen minutes of fame. The faddish 1960s turned out to be very productive years for the clothing and fashion industry. At Medfield High School

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Coyotes in Medfield: If You Can’t Beat Them… Then Feed Them?

May 1, 2021   Farmers from Dedham first settled Medfield in 1949, only 29 years after the Mayflower landed. The colony had grown rapidly through immigration and reproduction after 1630, and in William S. Tilden’s History of Medfield, the population was reported as 18,000 in 1643. The influx forced settlers to look west for grazing land

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Happy Birthday! How Spanish Culture Celebrates Sweet 16 and Going Back to the Classroom in Autumn of 2020

Jan 4, 2021   Who can deny the appeal and tradition of a big, beautiful Spanish piñata? They come in mostly all bright colors and sizes, the most popular being a colorful donkey. The idea behind the fun of the piñata is to fill it with chocolate and other candies and popcorn balls made with butter

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