The Greenwich, A Town for All Seasons Show with Jeffrey Bingham Mead

Welcome to the 29th of April 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. 

Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.

Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

Sign up for the Summer Horsemanship Riding Program at Mead Farm, 107 June Road, Stamford. Mon. to Fri., 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pick any week or combination between June 2nd and Sept. 5. MeadFarm.com. 203.322.4984. 

Marc Bernier: Irish Music, Sea Chanteys and Drinking Songs! Fine Bodhans Made and Played! 401.596.7508. [email protected] www.marcbernier.com.

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we’ll visit  Foundation House at Old Mill Farm in Round Hill, featured in The Great Estates Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1930 by the Junior League of Greenwich available at Greenwich Library.

If you’ve ever wanted to immerse yourself in the grandeur of this Gilded Age gem your chance is coming on May 16 with A Night Out With Your Neighbors, thanks to the Round Hill Association.

What happened in Year 1966?

We’re introducing From the Mailbag, where your specific questions about Greenwich’s history are answered. This week: When did East Port Chester become Byram?

On Crimes and Misdemeanors, you’ll hear about a man who went to jail for tying up a woman in Greenwich’s Maples Hotel in 1924.

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 6th of May 2025.

Welcome to the 22nd of April 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

Sign up for the Summer Horsemanship Riding Program at Mead Farm, 107 June Road, Stamford. Mon. to Fri., 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pick any week or combination between June 2nd and Sept. 5. MeadFarm.com. 203.322.4984.
Marc Bernier: Irish Music, Sea Chanteys and Drinking Songs! Fine Bodhans Made and Played! 401.596.7508. [email protected] www.marcbernier.com.


On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we’ll visit the estate known as The Knoll, thanks to Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.

What happened in Year 1965?

Greenwich artist and author Whitman Bailey took his readers back to American Revolutionary War times, sharing the story of the shooting of Captain Sylvanus Mead in the Ralph Peck House in Cos Cob.

In 1931, the Greenwich Council of the Boy Scouts of America was presented with the Sea Scout Ship Awa.

You’ll learn about a dynamite ban at the town’s incinerator, crimes and misdemeanors, an effort by Greenwich’s garden clubs to improve the appearance of the Greenwich Railroad Station -or replace the station- and more as our history continues to unfold.  

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 29th of April 2025.

Welcome to the 15th of April 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we’ll visit the estate known as ‘Italian Villa,’ thanks to Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.

What happened in Year 1961?

In 1936 a crew of Greenwich Sea Scouts voyaged to Block Island and Newport -in was not smooth sailing.

A “Lizzie Ford Protest” erupted in Belle Haven when the community postman exchanged his car for a newer model -and the residents were not amused.  

Area residents from neighboring Westchester County, New York held a “Treasure Hunt” that eventually brought them to Greenwich’s Pickwick Arms Hotel

On Crimes and Misdemeanors, speeding buses were a matter of concern a century ago.

A pretty waitress who worked at a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue eloped with the owner -and it made front page news.

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 22nd of April 2025.

 

 

Welcome to the 8th of April 2025 Show.



This

podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic

Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management,

and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr.

Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door

airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation.

Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands.

Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael

Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for

professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied

customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride

of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory

seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call

203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we’ll visit the estate known as ‘As You Like it,’ thanks to Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.

On Greenwich Life As It Is-And Was, you’ll hear about the town’s blacksmiths.

What happened in Year 1960?

In 1916 a “gymkhana” with

music, horse competitions and a thousand attendees was held at Percy

Rockefeller’s private race track off Lake Avenue. Where is this place

today?

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 15th of April 2025.

Welcome to the 1st of April 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our journey into the past will take us to Kent Cottage in Belle Haven, thanks to Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard. .

On Greenwich life As It Is-And Was, Lucian B. Edwards commented on the opening of streets in town a century ago.

An old mill once stood on the Byram River in North Greenwich.

A delegation of Greenwich men attended an annual banquet of the Bald-Head Club of America in Waterbury.

An ice cream man made some poor language choices to a judge and his wife -and was hauled off by the Greenwich Police on Crimes and Misdemeanors.

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 8th of April 2025.

Welcome to the 18th of March 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

Women’s History Month: Sixteen-Year-Old Eleanor Mullen rescued Dr. and Mrs. L.M. Hurd’s babies from a fire in their Mason Street home in 1908.

In the process of demolishing a house, a safe was found inside a chimney. What was inside?

In 1905, Solomon Stoddard Mead shared his thoughts about Greenwich’s advantages and needs. Hint: he really admired Robert M. Bruce, philanthropist.

“Literary folks” were discovering Greenwich 120 years ago, making the decision to choose to live here.

“Mr. Reynolds,” an ice man, was harvesting ice for Conyers Manor when a gale wind blew his equipment into a hole in the lake ice, submerging much of it in 20 feet of water. He would go on to harvest a reported 850 tons of ice for use at the estate in the following summer.

Greenwich Historical Society is seeking further information about Greenwich resident Henry Louis Walker, nicknamed ‘Alabam.’ Learn more here, and contact Christopher Shields, Director of Library and Archives at [email protected], or call 203.869.6899.
http://greenwichatownforallseasons.blogspot.com/2025/03/archival-insights-henry-louis-alabam.html

Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you enjoyed lot’s o luck of the Irish. I certainly must have the luck of the Irish to have you as my loyal podcast listeners.

You are all invited to the Greenwich St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by the Greenwich Hibernian Association. It begins at 2:00 p.m. at Greenwich Town Hall, with Father Richard Murphy as Grand Marshall.

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 25th of March 2025.

Welcome to the 11th of March 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we'll take you to the Sunridge Farm -made possible by The Great Estates Greenwich, Connecticut 1880 to 1930, published by the Junior League of Greenwich. 
 
Miss Mary Brackett of the Hobby Family returns with more reminiscences from her grandmother’s life. 

You’ll hear about a mock funeral for George Washington in 1799, family land sites, ballrooms in taverns, Captain John Hobby, General Israel Putnam, and his famous escape from the tavern that now bears his name on East Putnam Avenue.

You’ll also learn about a mysterious woman in black and a ghost story at a house on Putnam Lake.

We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 18th of March 2025.

Welcome to the 25th of March 2025 show.


This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!


Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you.


Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.


Call-A-Ride of Greenwich provides free door-to-door transportation for ambulatory seniors over age 60, Monday-Friday, to any location in town. Call 203.661.6633. CallARideGreenwich.org

On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, Commodore E.C. Benedict and his party embarked on a cruise to Brazil and other destinations in 1924.

Count Ilya Tolstoy, son of renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy, lectured to a large audience at Greenwich Academy a century ago.

Yet another scandalous Gilded Age midnight wedding was consummated in Greenwich involving the nephew of one of Tammany Hall’s ruthless bosses -“Boss” Richard Croker- known for his corruption.

Crimes and Misdemeanors is back! A stolen car from Greenwich resulted in the car being shot at by a law enforcement officer in New Rochelle, NY.


We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.

The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!

Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. 

I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too.

Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 1st of April 2025.