Stories from Veronica M. Berrill

When I was fifteen, I recall being asked to go to the Brooklyn Technical School 1941 prom. It was my first invitation to...

When I was a new teacher in 1974, some young male colleagues came up with the idea of having a faculty football pool whi...

In 1932, when I was six years old, my family planned a trip to the Chicago World’s Fair from our home in Brooklyn, New...

My mom told me that while she was nearing the end of her labor, the doctor went over to the window, opened it and said, ...

When my sister who was three years older than I, graduated from grade school, she became a member of the Sodality in our...

Woolworth’s 5 & 10 Cent Store was a very big part of Christmas preparation in the mid-1930’s. It was located about 1...

During the very early thirties, I recall my mom taking me to the Paramount Theater in downtown Brooklyn, so she could se...

When I was eleven years old, my mom, dad, sister and I went to the mountains to vacation with friends and relatives. It ...

When I was sixteen attending Bishop McDonnell High School in Brooklyn, New York, my religion teacher, Sister Miriam Lore...