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Boston’s police and fire on the scene more than 50 years ago as they are today

January 11th, 2018 Comments Closed

ROXBURY– This photo was taken in 1965 at a fire on Harrison Avenue. The 21-year-old woman survived with the help of Boston Police Patrolman James Donovan. The Globe ran a version of the photo with underpants painted on. That was considered an OK thing to do in those days. (We’ve included the Globe clip below as well.) The Herald ran the photo with polka dot underpants painted on. The attached clip shows another version. PHOTO…

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Money being raised to help Dorchester family displaced in fire

January 9th, 2018 Comments Closed

DORCHESTER — A Go Fund Me fundraising page has been set up to help the extended family of 14 and their two dogs that were displaced in a multiple alarm fire on Allston Street in Dorchester on Saturday. You can help them via this link. According to Caught in Dot, the all of the residents go out of the building, but they lost all of their belongings. The cleanup of the street was ongoing as…

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Photos of Fires on Cold Nights from Bill’s files

January 7th, 2018 Comments Closed

BOSTON — Before Bill Brett headed to Dorchester on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, to see the cleanup of a multiple-alarm fire that drove several families from their homes, he stopped by the office and pulled these images from his archives. As best as he could remember for us, all three of these photos were taken in the late 1970s or early 1980s. They all show the added trials that firefighters face in the extremely cold…

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Bill Brett out in the Back Bay to capture some winter street scenes

January 6th, 2018 Comments Closed

BACK BAY — Thursday’s snowstorm and the stretch of extremely cold temperatures have meant that a number of social events have been postponed, but that didn’t stop Bill Brett from filing some shots. Bill hit the streets on Saturday in the Back Bay, particularly Newbury and Boylston streets near Copley Square and the Prudential Center. Overnight, Boston is projected to have the lowest temperatures for this date in the more than 140 years of record-keeping.…

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Military Academies Hold 2017 Holly Ball

January 5th, 2018 Comments Closed

SOUTH BOSTON — 225 guests attended the Holly Ball, the annual formal gathering of the attendees of the military academies, which was held at the Seaport Hotel. This year’s ball was hosted by the Coast Guard Academy. All photos by Bill Brett.

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Boston’s police and fire on the scene more than 50 years ago as they are today

Money being raised to help Dorchester family displaced in fire

Photos of Fires on Cold Nights from Bill’s files

Bill Brett out in the Back Bay to capture some winter street scenes

Military Academies Hold 2017 Holly Ball

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