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Members of the congregation at Greenfield’s Holy Trinity Church during a 2017 service.

Times Past: Easter — An evolving holiday

by Janet Keyes April 2, 2018

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Times Past: Kitchen table holds generations of memories

by Janet Keyes February 25, 2018

“I remember our letters to Santa. I wrote my first one when I was 6. In our home, each letter was then shown to Mom, who checked them for spelling. Then, the letters were carefully placed in the wood stove, so Santa Claus could read them in the smoke after they burned. Santa was magical,” says Janet Keyes.

Times Past: The true meaning of Christmas

by Janet Keyes December 29, 2017

The former Davis Street School and lot.

Times Past: Each room was a world of learning, excitement

by Janet Keyes December 1, 2017

“For my fourth year of school, we had arrived in Greenfield. Halloween was a big holiday. We had a classroom party with food and games, but no costumes. The town sponsored a big Rag Shag parade for all the children to show off their costumes. That did not interest me, but this was the year I learned of a bizarre custom they called Trick-or-Treat,” recalls Janet Keyes in today’s memoir.

Times Past: Learning to embrace to foreign holiday known as Halloween

by Janet Keyes October 20, 2017

“Coat racks in churches, funeral parlors and most public gathering places, like the Grange Hall, always had a shelf or two on top for men’s hats — sometimes a row of hooks on which to hang them,” says Janet Keyes in today’s memoir.

Times Past: A hat for every occasion

by Janet Keyes September 29, 2017

A red train waits for commuters at the South Station in Boston.

Times Past: Young nursing students navigate the T back when it cost a nickel

by Janet Keyes For The RecorderJune 30, 2017

Deserted Greenfield streets following heavy snow storms were a problem then and still are today.

Times Past: Tornadoes, lightning and snow — western Massachusetts has seen it all

by Janet Keyes For The RecorderJune 2, 2017

Times Past: Janet Keyes remembers her first day in nursing school at Franklin County Public Hospital

by Janet Keyes For The RecorderMay 15, 2017