Medfield High School

Midcentury Medfield Memories: The Collegiates vs. The Greasers II

Feb 24, 2020  Fast Times at Medfield High School – Part II   In 1963 at Medfield High School two distinctive groups of teens showed their separate ideas of our culture as related to education, music, fashion, and legacy – the college-bound Collegiates versus the blue-collar trade-bound Greasers. Some of the culture was shaped by rebellious […]

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Midcentury Medfield Memories: The Collegiates vs. The Greasers I

Jan 20, 2020  Fast Times at Medfield High School – Part I   In 1963 at Medfield High School two distinctive groups of teens showed their separate ideas of our culture as related to education, music, fashion, and legacy – the college-bound Collegiates versus the blue-collar trade-bound Greasers. A somewhat similar split between the Mods and

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Midcentury Medfield Memories: Party Like It’s 1959

Mar 17, 2018  Editor’s note: Do YOU have stories and memories to share?  Send us an email!  Can you imagine a litter of kittens being born under a swirling and noisy washing machine? That’s what happened underneath the Kenmore washing machine in Mama Flaherty’s kitchen back in 1959. She could hear from the squealing that

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Midcentury Medfield Memories: A Rite of Passage

Feb 8, 2018  The town of Medfield has undergone a tremendous change from its past. Medfield Day is a relatively recent development. In the early 1960s, the town was undergoing a different kind of celebration, something more attuned to a rite of passage. Boston in the 1960s had a changing population, as people from the

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Midcentury Medfield Memories: Redemption and Legacy for the 1961 Medfield High Football Team

Oct 30, 2017      The Medfield Warriors were just coming off their second dramatic win over the Apponequet High School football team in Lakeville, Mass. in the November of 1961. Trailing at the half, Coach Ed Keyes entered the locker room and stood in the middle of us and spoke firmly. With anger in

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