Bert and John Morin are both very involved in the brick industry here in Auburn. Their family ran the Morin Brick Company, and the two share a lot of details both in the company as well as the brick creation process. They detail everything from the collection of clay...
Born about six months before Pearl Harbor in 1941, Jack Tetrault grew up in the period right at the start and after World War Two. He grew up in Auburn, recalling a lot of the things that they used to do for fun back then before car traffic picked up like riding down...
Pauline Turcotte grew up in Auburn where her family ran the Dennis Brickyard Company. Her grandfather started the company, which her three uncles and her father would also work. They even lived next to the company, building three homes right next to the brickyard to...
The youngest of ten, Anthony Shostak talks about growing up here in Lewiston. He remembers going down to the library, and to the Bates Pond to go find crayfish and frogs. The alderman or the police would come by whenever they got too reckless. The summer after...
Norm Davis of Morin Brick Company was born in Waterville, Maine, and has lived his entire life in Auburn, Maine. In this interview he shares his perspective as to what Auburn used to look like, versus what it looks like now. He offers insight to mills and shoe shops...
