Entries from Sam Obar 180 tagged with 'history'
Revisiting a world record broken in Walpole
In June 1978, two young Walpole men played what was, for a short time, the longest continuous civilian tennis game ever. They played at the Walpole High School tennis courts. One of the men, Bill Nethercote, now living in Norfolk,...
Time Capsule Must be Found
Town Hall sources who are knowledgeable in town history have given Sam Obar 180 exclusive information. Apparently, many decades ago, a time capsule was buried under the old Stone School. Today, the school no longer exists, however, the land is...
How One Walpole Man Helped to Unravel the McCarthy Era
On June 9, 1954, a Walpole resident asked a question now considered one of the most famous inquiries of the 20th century: "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" The...
My television show...
A lot of people have asked me and wondered over the past few months what happened to my television show on Walpole Community Television. The truth is that it is no longer aired, as the last episode I did...
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