Lunchbox Learning

Lunchbox Learning is a monthly lecture series featuring local, state, and national history. Each program takes place on the third Wednesday of each month at noon.

Wednesday, June 17th at Noon

Life Growing up in a Small Textile Village in the 1940’s and 1950’s

Presented by Larry Candler

Greenville was the textile capital of the world with dozens of mills across the Textile Crescent. These textile mills were crucial in the war efforts on the home front during World War II. Join us for a firsthand look at the realities of daily life in the 1940s and 1950s, bringing to life the sights, sounds, joys, and hardships of growing up in a mill town.

Larry Candler grew up in the small textile village of Lockhart, SC. Upon graduation from Clemson in 1963 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, he and his wife moved to Huntsville, Alabama where he worked in the aerospace industry. He and his wife moved to Greenville in 1966 where he worked as a consulting engineer for 41 years. After he retired, he became a member of OLLI, the Furman learning community, where learning never stops. He has been an instructor in a wide variety of classes in the OLLI program. 

Lunchbox Learning is free for UHM Members and included with general admission for all other guests.

Lunchbox Learning is generously sponsored by: