This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, and listeners like you everywhere! Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management joins us today to wish you Happy New Year!
From me and my family to you and yours, warmest wishes and cheers to new beginnings as Year 2022 fast approaches.
My name is Jeffrey Bingham Mead. I’m a direct descendant of the 17th century Founders of Greenwich, Connecticut -one of America’s most interesting and extraordinary communities.
Whether your roots go back nearly 400 years -or even 400 seconds, we welcome you with open arms. You are a part of our history -congratulations!
With one foot in the past and the other in the present we can look forward together to an extraordinary future in one of America’s most notable and dynamic communities.
Join us each week as we celebrate and embrace an evolving understanding of our history and Greenwich’s people, landscapes, culture, events and much more.
Seasons change. Years come and go, but our community grows stronger. It’s another chance to start again.
I lift my glass to all of you, feeling a special sense of gratitude for your interest and commitment to supporting this show and all of our efforts to preserve now and for the future the special history and culture of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut.
There’s a unique magic about this time of the year. I wish you a successful fresh start with a sense of love, peace for bold, new and memorable adventures. Dream big!
COMING UP ON TODAY’S SHOW
What are pushmobiles? In 1911 a special type of fun was on hand with Pushmobiles rushing down the hill on Milbank Avenue.
In one of my previous shows, you heard about an inquiry I received from Herbie and Missy Farquhar of Banksville Lawn Equipment. They asked about a place called Piping Brook Farm owned by Percy D. Elliot of New York, and to Richard Aston Elliot. The farm -which included parts of Stamford, Greenwich and North Castle, New York, was between 400 - 500 acres. Go to this link. And, also go to this one.
I asked for your assistance -and for his efforts in solving this mystery, Mr. Konstantine Wells was the first to respond, and won a $20 Coffee For Good gift certificate.
You can win one, too. Be assured that I will be asking for your help with inquiries such as this one.
I’ll share with you how the people of Greenwich, Connecticut celebrated New Year’s Eve 100 years ago by the volunteer fire department and the Indian Harbor Yacht Club at the renowned Pickwick Arms Hotel.
We’re coming up quickly on the one-hundredth anniversary of the unveiling of the statue of Col. Raynal C. Bolling. Located in front of the Havemeyer building at Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street, Bolling was among the first American officers in the service of the First World War to make the ultimate sacrifice.
In January, 1922 the Round Hill Community Church inaugurated the first motion picture entertainment in its "Community Hall" -still standing on Round Hill Road today.
As we continue to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, I’ll share news of how Edwin A. Goodwin was charged with assault and breach of the peace in the home of his uncle Napoleon Bonaparte Bush on West Putnam Avenue -on Christmas Eve 1921.
An initiative to provide a place for young people to ice skate was proposed by damming the Byram River at Mill Street.
And, you think the high prices some will pay for Greenwich Avenue real estate is anything new? I’ll share news of a boom in real estate on Greenwich’s main shopping street a century ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world! Stay where you are! We’ll have all this and lots more as today’s show unfolds.
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Our next show is scheduled for Friday, the 7th of January Year 2022.
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