Fading Industries, Faded Memories
Fading Industries, Faded Memories
ROB BOWE
CONTRIBUTOR
As I write this, the last of this year’s pea crop has just finished. Rumor has it wasn’t a real good year for peas. Too wet. Thinking about the pea pack took me back to summer memories of the 1950s and 1960s.
At that time, there were no less than 12 canning factories in the land between the marshes and adjoining areas. Just about