Episode 4: The Story of Bradlees, Mystic CT, Retro Clothing Brands, This Week In History (12-17-2020)

Send us Fan MailThe last episode before the Christmas holiday, Episode 4 explores some ghosts of the past beginning with This Week In History.   In this segment Christopher Setterlund discusses the Mayflower finding its way to Plymouth, explores the strongest earthquakes in American history, celebrates the Wright Brothers first successful flight in North Carolina, and gives the results of who won the NFL's first-ever championship game.In the latest Road Trip we take a drive down to Mystic, Connecticut.  It is home to the country's largest maritime museum, Mystic Seaport.  Beyond that it was popularized in the hit 1980's movie Mystic Pizza starring Julia Roberts.  Learn about this and more.New Englanders, children of the 1980's, and many others, have fond memories of family trips to shop at the iconic Bradlees department store.  Forever linked with Stop and Shop, and at one time a giant in the retail industry find out what led to its demise.Episode 4 ends with looking back at the clothing brands that the 'cool kids' wore in school in the 1980's and 1990's.  Names like Ocean Pacific and Vuarnet just to name a few bring back memories for me of begging my parents to get me a shirt or at least a sticker of the logo to put on my Trapper Keeper.All of this and more is here in Episode 4, so come and take a walk!Check out Episode 3 here.Support the show