Brockton, MA - The '60s, 3 Deckers and small city living - 03/24/10 09:43 PM
     During the 1950's and 60's Brockton, MA was still a bustling industrial city that was noted for being a shoe manufacturing center.  While those factories were closing, many of them moving south for cheaper labor costs and tax breaks, enough of them were still running to provide employment.  In addition, the skilled laborers often possessed craftsmanship that could not be taught, only learned from those who had come before them. The industry as a whole, however, was on the move.
     As a youngster Brockton was a collection of four sections and mine was the North End, also called Montello.  We … (0 comments)