North End Stories is back recording and documenting the lives of long time North Enders, including the first in a series of interviews with Charlie Coppola and Sam Viscione about growing up in Boston’s North End. In this video, Charlie and Sam discuss their first jobs and the money saving ways of their mother’s. See more at NorthEndStories.com.
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