POPULATION: 12,240 (est)
HOUSES: 2,986
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| Recent photo of July 4th Eve celebration |
- Walpole celebrates Independence Day with a "Night Before the 4th" fireworks display, which would become the town's signature event for more than half a century, continuing to the present day.
- Severe drought impacts Northeast U.S. with only 4" or rain falling in Walpole from June through September
- Proposal for a new parochial school in Walpole presents a challenge for School Committee in planning future building and teacher needs
- Boston Edison (now Eversource) constructs a new service headquarters on Main Street at the corner of Kendall Street
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| Boston Edison Service Headquarters |
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| Blackburn Hall, with Old Stone School in right background, and New Stone School in left background |
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| Busy swim pond at Bird Park, Summer 1957 |
Walpole Town Street Map, 1957
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| Walpole Center |
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| East Walpole |
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| North Walpole |
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| West/South Walpole |
3 comments:
The photo of the Bird Park pool of 1957 is great! Can I get a copy of the original?
This is taken from the 1957 Walpole Town Report which is available at the town library.
The stone bathhouse was just to the left of where this photo was taken. You can see the stone bridge that crossed the little creek that entered the pool from the wooded area. The "stepping stones" crossed the pool near there. The pool was emptied every spring and cleaned of all the winter gunk. There was a 2 inch iron pipe that brought fresh water to refill the pool. Always a big occasion. We used to catch little carp by hand from the creek below the dam and the bigger bridge at that end of the pool (to the right, out of view in this photo). We ice skated on the pool in the winter. I attended Bird School, went to the old Park Theater two or three times a week. We lived at 16 June St., right across from the theater. A great town to be a kid in. I was there from 1949 to 1955, and left at age 12. So long ago. So many memories.
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