TRACKS:Opening statements
Born in 1898, not many changes in Gloucester among the Portuguese people in the last three quarters of a century
Description of old Main Street
Arrival of Portuguese people around 1860, the square-riggers set out
Mrs. Anderson is going to finish my days right on this corner (on Friend St.)
Changes amongst the young
Servant girls and their types of employment
A sense of permanence of the Hill
A new phenomenon - the bad winter of '78 is now scaring new arrivals away to California
The Azores - Pico Island is the origin of most Gloucester residents - most came from Pico, there is now a new wave from the mainland, called Lizzies (from Lisbon)
Retention of the old customs vs Americanization
Reminiscences of horse and buggy - early 1900's
Home made foods - gardening and the new American consciousness