Ralph Sheridan

This is the final installment of our 3-part interview with Ralph Sheridan.

Part 1 of the interview is in podcast #5.  Part 2 can be found in podcast #7.

This is an interview recorded in 1994 by WAVM.  It was hosted by then Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Donald Kennedy.

In this podcast Ralph fields questions from the audience.  He tells stories about life in Maynard at the turn of the 20th century: farms, the various uses of the fields near the current Green Meadow School, the history of the churches in Maynard, and a bit about the trains that ran through town and the businesses that sprung up around the trains.

Ralph was a friend of the legendary Babe Ruth, who lived in nearby Sudbury for a time and frequented Maynard.  Ralph tells of his friendship with The Bambino and  provides some insight into Ruth’s life away from baseball.

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1 hour 15 minutes; audio only.

Ralph Sheridan

In this podcast we are pleased to present part two of our three-part interview with Ralph Sheridan, recorded in 1994.

Part one of the interview can be heard in podcast #5.

Ralph Sheridan was Maynard’s official Town Historian in the 1980′s and was a founder of the Maynard Historical Society.

The audio recording is taken from a 1994 program recorded by WAVM.  Ralph was interviewed by then Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Donald Kennedy in front of a live audience in the Maynard High School Library.

In this podcast Ralph shares stories on various outdoor activities (Cricket was big back then), skating on the Mill pond (and the tale of the Mill Pond being drained), school activities and pranks, and the difficulties in finding nine kids to fill out a baseball team.

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We hope to find photos mentioned in the interview and update this article to include them.

Look for the final installment of this interview in an upcoming podcast (probably podcast #9).