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Times Past: Remembering my mother

by Robert Bitzer May 21, 2018

Dameon Marshall, 12, of Turners Falls, catches some air off a jump at Beacon Field on the first day of winter vacation in February 2017. Similarly, Robert Bitzer remembers riding down Beacon Field’s toboggan chute in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Times Past: Greenfield’s a great place to grow up

by Robert Bitzer April 24, 2018

Robert Bitzer of Erving.
March 23, 2018

Times Past: How 1940s and ’50s postal workers assisted with cloth sales

by Robert Bitzer March 27, 2018

“I would take them all over the building, showing them and telling them all about post office work. I think they all liked that, and went back to school educated and happy they had been in a post office. I enjoyed doing this, and many postmasters/supervisors wanted me to do it. It was a pleasure to reach out to the youth, regardless of age” — Robert Bitzer

Times Past: Giving tours a highlight of postal service career

by Robert Bitzer February 9, 2018

“Bundles of letters after being sorted were tied up with hemp rope and slapped with a slip on top telling the contents. Later on, we had a tying machine to help speed the process.” – Robert Bitzer.

Remember when: A day in the life of a postal worker

by Robert Bitzer January 29, 2018

A young boy sells papers in the 1900s in Hartford, Conn. One of the ways Robert Bitzer earned money over the summer in Greenfield was selling Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.

Times Past: The art of staying busy in 1930s Greenfield

by Robert Bitzer January 8, 2018

In this photo from the collection of the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, a man stands over debris in downtown Peterborough, N.H. after the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. The hurricane was estimated to have killed between 682 and 800. It remains the most powerful and deadliest hurricane in recent New England history.

Times Past: Nothing was ever the same again

by Robert Bitzer December 8, 2017

“The stoves in my life weren’t just for keeping me and my family warm. They got a lot of use, especially during the holiday season. My mother would bake bread, and between the warmth of the heat emitting from those stoves, along with the aroma of freshly baked bread that wafted from room to room, my stoves still conjure a lot of good memories,” says Robert Bitzer.

Times Past: Life around that old stove

by Robert Bitzer October 13, 2017

Fairgoers enjoy the Super Loop and Yo-Yo rides at the Franklin County Fair on Sept. 9 in Greenfield.

Times Past: Franklin County Fair was always a cherished place to visit with family, friends

by Robert Bitzer September 15, 2017