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What would be on the blooper reel of your life? ..we used the wrong kind of paint....
Favorite memories, roofing in Swarthmore, Flyers games, children's ideas of where babies come from.
Community elders, Calvin Coleman and his sister, Betty Ann Wilson discuss growing up in the Historically African American Section of Swarthmore.
There has been a historically black neighborhood in Swarthmore, PA the area South east of Yale Avenue where Bowdoin, Brighton, Kenyon, and Union come together, there has for at least about 100 years. Swarthmore Public Library asked Calvin Coleman and...
Alice "Putty" Willetts grew up in Swarthmore, and has lived here nearly 100 years. She is interviewed by her former gym class student who is now also a senior citizen, Barbara Bernhardt. Putty taught gym for decades. She was on...
Sharon Ford talks about the library, storytimes, borough hall and library renovations, memorable library events & more.
Beth Gross discusses 4 eventful decades in Swarthmore. Beth co-owned (with partner Don Delson) and edited and operated the Swarthmorean Newspaper from 1989 to 2015. Beth also pioneered the girls half of the A Better Chance educational program, owned and...
Beth Gross talk about arriving in Swarthmore 40 years ago, as of 2017. She talks about teaching school. She talks about starting the Sidetracks Cafe with women business partners. Running the cafe. Buying the Swarthmorean. Editing the paper. Laying out...
Charlie has owned and operated Swarthmore Hardware since 1985. He worked there since 1970.
A Swarthmore Quaker discusses Swarthmore in the mid-twentieth century.