Brookfield Stories

I enjoyed reading Brookfield Stories edited by Joy Stacey which is a collection of oral histories of people who lived in the Brookfield area. Brookfield Stories was an oral history project begun by Brendan Ryan (the first president of the historical society) 10 years ago and has continued since then by other society members.  Joy Stacey took on the task of editing the transcripts of the recordings to form them in to this book for the Society’s 10^th anniversary.  These recordings of “ordinary” people of Brookfield tell the story of its growth and a way of life now long past.  It is a wonderful example of how oral history can be used to tell the story of a community.  The book is on sale in the Brookfield General Store, the hairdressers and the Brookfield Produce Store as well as the Museum on market mornings.  You may also order it by emailing Joy Stacey joy.stacey@bigpond.com ($25.00 plus postage). 4/5