brocktonma

beautiful image - inspiring.

My father worked in the shoe industry in Brockton with his father and brothers. They had a factory on Spark St. He recognized this photo as the WL Douglas Shoe Factory, also on Spark St in Brockton. He's pretty sure all the buildings are part of the same factory. Douglas was a mayor of Brockton and governor of Massachusetts in the late 1800's - early 1900's.

Yahoo maps is best for this one: Go to "201 Spark St Brockton MA 02302" and view the satellite image. You'll see the two houses on the left of the photo. Looks like the brown buildings have been torn down, but the grey buildings in the back are now painted white and still stand. View them at MSN Live Maps and click on the "birdseye" option.

Looks like this was taken from the corner of Howard and North Montello Streets in Brockton. There were -- and still are -- railroad tracks out there by those piles and mounds. I used to walk here every day in the summer -- sometimes along the street, sometimes along the tracks -- on my way to and from the Montello Pool, just north of here.

my dad worked there back in his day

Such a neat winter scene and could even remind one of Holland. A time where people had more time to do things like ice skate on frozen lakes instead of playing video games inside.

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Great shot! You're invited to post this picture in
Pond Hockey

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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pond Hockey, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Yikes. That ice does not look very thick.

It doenst even look frozen in a couple spots. Brave kids...

My father (who grew up in Brockton in the 40s) thinks that looks like Flaggs Pond - Forest Ave & Belmont St. Were Asiaf Ice Rink currently is.

This looks like a pond in Rockland, near the Abington line (not far from Brockton). It borders Rt 123 (aka Market St in Rockland). Kids still play ice hockey there.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Original Plymouth Colony, and we'd love to have this added to the group!