![]() ![]() (Courtesy Andrea Shea)Īndrea: And actually they called it the Charleston crack. Ride your bike over, fill your paper bag and come home, stick it in the freezer, and… WBUR senior arts reporter Andrea Shea demonstrates the proper way to eat Charleston Chews - by first freezing them. You know, you go to the penny candy store and buy Charleston Chews. Charleston, a little chewy chew…”]Īndrea: Everyone was doing it. Nora: Is this so it doesn’t like, crack your teeth? Nora: Wow! Let me try! (Whack.) Ooh, that feels good.Īndrea: And you can keep doing it until it smacks into a whole bunch of little pieces. So, for a little nostalgia, we’re doing it together.Īndrea Shea: Okay, so you just take the bar and hold it in your hand. Well, like a lot of kids in the '70s and '80s, Andrea Shea used to freeze long, chocolate-covered Charleston Chews and she’d smack them on the counter into bite-sized pieces. Nora Saks: When you were a kid did you have a favorite candy? When you close your eyes, can you feel it melting on your tongue or cracking between your teeth? music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. About the Cambridge Historical Commission."Historic candy store has treats that date back centuries" (Voice of America).(Courtesy Cambridge Historical Commission) Oliver Chase and his first lozenge machine, around 1847, in a Confectioner's Row candy factory. ![]() In this episode of Last Seen, Andrea and candy historian Susan Benjamin walk us through the hidden history of Confectioner's Row and attempt to find a real life Willy Wonka the CEO of Cambridge Brands.īig thanks to Susan Benjamin, Charles Sullivan of the Cambridge Historical Commission, Richard Neal, Paula Yetman, Teresa Ruda and Ellen Gordon. ![]() Eventually, the manufacturing jobs dried up. This booming manufacturing center was home to dozens of companies that concocted every sweet imaginable: gum, hard candy, chocolate, and Andrea's personal childhood favorite, Charleston Chews. To her surprise, it turned out to be the very last vestige of a 20th century candy hub called Confectioner's Row - the birthplace of America's candy industry. Episode producer: Andrea Shea and Nora SaksĪdditional production: Paul Vaitkus, Matt Reed, Dean Russell, Amory Sivertson, Quincy Walters, and Grace Tatterįor years, WBUR senior arts and culture reporter Andrea Shea drove by an old, mysterious factory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ![]()
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