John McLane, age 89, retired Boston fire fighter and life-long resident of Allston-Brighton John McLane, was 89 years of age in 2001 when I conducted this interview. He had lived in Allston-Brighton his entire life, residing during his first ten years (1912-22) in the Lake Street area of Brighton (the neighborhood in which I also …
Local Historian North & South
From the old country to the new world, and from the mill towns of the northeast to the farmlands of the American south.
Local Historian North & South 