Angela Baldino interviewed by Julie Jutkiewiecz for the "Bridgeport Working: Voices from the Twentieth Century" project, a web-based exhibit of... Show moreAngela Baldino interviewed by Julie Jutkiewiecz for the "Bridgeport Working: Voices from the Twentieth Century" project, a web-based exhibit of 20th Century labor history in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mrs. Angela Baldino discusses her childhood growing up on Sherman Street on Bridgeport's East Side as part of an extended Italian-American family. Her family lived near St. Mary's Church, Rectory, and School as well as the Order of the Sisters of Mercy which were an integral part of the neighborhood and served many families of diverse backgrounds. Mrs. Baldino describes the many businesses that operated in the East Side neighborhood as well as her grandfather's, a shoe repair and dry goods/candy store. She worked first worked at the Bridgeport Dress Shop as a draper and then in school cafeterias for the Bridgeport Board of Education for over twenty years. She and her husband raised their family on Bridgeport's North End. Show less