Harold Lovell, Sr. was born in Stratford in 1886. He lived his entire life in town. He was active in the town and in the town's government. He was on the Board of the Stratford Trust Company. He was also a humorist. Lew Knapp wrote of Harold Lovell in his historic book, In Pursuit of Paradise, "Harold lovell was voted 'best dispositioned' in his class at Bridgeport High in 1905. He never lost his sense of the ridiculous - all his life, his stories held his listeners spellbound." Mr. Lovell built the Lovell Hardware building which still stands in Stratford Center. Mr. Lovell died March 19, 1969.
This recording was made at a Stratford Historical Society picnic at Boothe Park on July 24, 1959. Mr. Lovell was 73 years old. He relates his humorous stories of living in Stratford over those 73 years and tells of schools, mosquitoes, Center School teachers and principal, lack of sanitation at the Center School, town government, town meetings, being a fire fighter, being on the Board of Education, and being the Town Clerk.
Lew Knapp discusses Stratford's early history
Velmore Spamer discusses his research on Adam Blakeman
Lew Knapp discusses Stratford School history with Frances Russell
J. Lewis Fletcher, Edwin Washburn and Lew Knapp reminisce about the Housatonic River
Lew Knapp discusses the historic house styles in Stratford
Carl Helbig reflects on Paradise Green in March 1988
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Mary G. Clinton recalls her childhood in Stratford
Ferries, Docks, Bridges, and Boats which operated on the lower Housatonic River
The Life and Times of William Samuel Johnson and Colonial Music
Lew Knapp recalls Lobell's Farm
Elizabeth Sammis discusses early Stratford history
Donald Sammis and William Howard Wilcoxson discuss Stratford history with Lew Knapp
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Episodes I Saw or Heard (CONTINUED) by Harold C. Lovell, Sr.
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