Oral history interview of Elizabeth Risley Addington by Louise Evans, in which Addington shares her remembrances of her family, childhood friends, schools, activities (such as 4H and Girl Scouts), local residents and buildings. She discusses local bus service and how it connected South Windsor to the greater Hartford area, and how that service provided access to shopping, medical services, and social opportunities. Elizabeth also discusses birding, tobacco harvesting, and how the hurricane of 1955, World War II, and the realignment of Route 5 affected life in town.
Orgnaizational or Biographical History
Elizabeth Ann (Risley) Addington was born on 2 August 1932, the daughter of Ruth Baker Risley and Robert J. Risley, and raised in South Windsor, CT. She married Linwood Addington in 1950, with whom she had six children.
