This fall I traveled along Route 62 with a carload of out-of-state visitors touring New England and noticed, among many changes, several familiar old buildings. No trace, of course, of the old one-room schoolhouse, but I did see the old post office my family had used for so many years. I was happy to discover that the Hathorne Post Office was still there and functioning as a post office.I asked the driver to pause briefly so I could take a few photos.
This was my first visit to Danvers since January 2000 and my first time by the post office in decades. I stepped inside and was delighted to see that it looked much the way I remembered. The old familiar boxes have been preserved!
Next door to the Post Office is another familiar building -- former home of my father's business, Nichols & Clark, Inc., which manufactured UNEX hearing aids.
He purchased that building (a former fruit stand) from another location and moved it here in the 1950's.I will write more about these buildings and associated memories soon.
