Easton storytellers can make ‘These Walls’ talk
BY PAULA VOGLER | ENTERPRISE NEWS
EASTON — After staring at the Grange Hall many nights when her day at Mary’s Music Studio in Easton was finished, Mary Parker mused to her daughter, Amy Macmannis, once that the building must have some interesting stories behind it.
“We thought wouldn’t it be a great idea if people could exchange those stories,” Parker said.
Thus a project was born – “If These Walls Could Talk” – that collects stories from people in Easton about the town’s buildings’ history as well as their memories of growing up there.
The project has taken off since Macmannis created a Facebook page for it, according to Parker. She said people have submitted stories about stores and theaters no longer in town, memories of going to a candy store in town as children, and stories of grandparents living in Easton and what visiting their home was like.
“People generally don’t realize how interesting and important their stories are,” Macmannis said. “In three weeks we had over 500 friends (on Facebook). It seems people are very comfortable with posting short anecdotes. It’s been fascinating.”
