Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back | movie | 2008 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00So this is my father and this is his brother Joe. They were both born DeLille but I told

00:19the story about my father changing to Mitchell so there's Angus Mitchell and that's Joe DeLille.

00:22The first dinner at the Waldorf. Myrtle Bush and her sister Pearl Lahash called Brooklyn home for

00:31many years. Both their father and grandfather were ironworkers but ironically it was their

00:38grandmother who actually brought the family to New York. After her husband was injured on the

00:43job in the 1920s she had to support her family. She bought a boarding house in downtown Brooklyn

00:49and opened it up to Mohawk ironworkers. She opened up the boarding house on Myrtle Avenue

00:55which is maybe how I got the name Myrtle. Downtown Brooklyn, State Street and Pacific Street became

01:05the place to live as was Atlantic Avenue where local 361 was located making it convenient for

01:11ironworkers looking for jobs. It was also centrally located near the Brooklyn Bridge

01:17and rents were much cheaper than in Manhattan. Over the years the community grew with most people

01:24settling within 10 square blocks of each other. It was like a transplanted Gunnawaga and often referred

01:30to as Little Cocknawaga. And I think there's a sort of a sense of absolute need to be among your own

01:42people when when you're in a place like that.