PERSONALIEITS.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD STARTS THE DAY, BREAKFAST IS WAITING.
MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, OUR STARTING PLACE TODAY TRIP UP A CLASSIC NEW ENGLAND BACK ROAD.
ROUTE 13.
FIVE TOWNS LIE AHEAD.
MILFORD, MOUNT VERNON, NEW BOSTON, GOFFSTOWN, AND DUMBARTON.
>> MILFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE TO BE CALLED THE BREAKFAST CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
ANTHONY: A LITTLE HEIGHT, MAYBE.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OFT, MAYBE.
BREAKFAST PLACES AROUND MILFORD TOWN COMMON.
KNOWN THEAS OVAL, EXCEPT, ACTUALLY-- >> IS A TRIANGLE, BUT WE CALL IT THE OVAL.
THE STREETS ARE CALLED UNION SQUARE.
IT’S A SQUARE, AND OVAL AND A TRIANGLE ALL THE SAME TIME.
ANTHONY: JOHN AND KRISTEN D ROSA OWN THE RIVER HOUSE CAFE ON THE OVAL.
THEY FEATURE ALL THE STANDARD FARE, PLUS >> -- >> WE CALL IT OUT OF THE ORDINARY BREAKFAST.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES IS THE COMPOST TEA, WHICH WE TAKE OUR CHEE HSYASH BROWNS AND WE STACK THEM UP WIT ROASTED VEGETABLES LIKE THREE POTATOES AND BUTTERNUT SQUAS AND TOP IT
WITH PRIDE AT VERDE AND QUICHE.
ON THE WEEKEND, THERE ARE SOME OF PEOPLE COMING INTO TOWN FROM ALL OVER, JUST FOR BREAKFAST AND THEY ALSO STATE FOR ALL OF THE GREAT CHOPS AND THINGS THAT ARE AROUND THE OVAL AND THE STATE.
-- CITY.
ANTHY: ONE THING WE HAD TO SEE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE TOWN HALL CLOCK TOWER.
>> A LITTLE-KNOWN TREASURE.
GREAT HISTORICAL ARTIFACT HERE IN MILFORD.
ANTHONY: AN ORIGINAL PAUL REVERE BELL.
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR MARK BENDER TOOK US UP FOR A LOOK.
>> PAST THE CIVIL WAR, BEAUTIFUL.
>> THE BELL WAS ORIGINALLY SENT TO MILFORD BY OXCTAR FROM THE PAUL REVERE FOUNDRY IN BOSTON.
THIS SPELL IS UNIQUE FOR ATON.
COUPLE OF REASONS.
THERE WERE 135 BELLS MADE AT THE REVERE FOUND BETWEEN 1792- 1809.
OUR BELL WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1802 IT WAS LLBE NUMBER 56.
IT IS ONE OF ONLY 23 THAT SURVIVE.
IT’S ALSO THE ONLY ONE THAT IS UNBROKEN.
ANTHONY: IN CONSTANT USE FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES, THE BELL FAITHFULLY STRIKES EVERY HOURN O THE HOUR.
[BELL RINGING]UR.
ANONY: ONE MORE DISTINCTION.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THE BELL HAS BEEN WRONG UPON THE DEATH OF EVERY SINGLE U.S. PRESIDENT.
>> IT’S DONE THAT FOR EVERY PRESIDENT?
>> EXCEPT GEORGE WASHINGTON.
ANTHY: WHO DIED THREE YEARS BEFORE THE BELL WAS CAST.
NOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE MILFORD OVAL IS QUIET ANSWERING.
COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND?
THAT IS A TOTAL DIFFERENT STORY.
>> IT IS THE LARGEST EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN MILFORD.
ANTHY: ANDREA COCO CHAL IS TALKING ABOUT THE ANNUAL PUMPKIN FESTIVAL, THREE DAYS OF PUMPKIN EVERYTHING.
>> A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT FOR THE TOWN.
THE OVAL IS MOB.
IT’S A GREAT FALL, FUN THING TO DO.
♪ ANTHY:ON BUT THIS NEXT PLACE/ -- PLACE?BUT THIS NEXT PLACE/ IT’S HERE FOR YOU ALL YEAR ROUND.
>> ON A FULL-TIME BLACKSMITH.
THIS IS A FORGE.
ANTHY: IT’S ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESSES.
UPSTAIRS, VINNY HAS MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES, DOWNSTAIRS, HE MANAGES A HYDROELECTRIC GENERATOR POWERING 600 HOMES.
IN THE MIDDL THIS IS THE FORGE . >> WE DO CUSTOM WORK, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.
A LOT OF HANDRAILS, HINGES, HARDWARE.
ANTHONY: AT THIS PORCH, YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF.
BLACKSMITHING CLASSES.
WE’VE GOT SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS GOING EVERY WEEK.
FROM 11 YEARS OLD TO FULL-GROWN SENIOR CITIZENS.
ANTHON VINNY IS FASTENING A NICE -- KNIFE HERE.
IT’S A POPULAR STUDENT PROJECT.
AS FOR CLASSES?
ANTHONY:WO T TO $50 FOR SIX WEEKS OF CLASSES.
A LOT OF FOLKS RENEW.
THEY ARE MAKING SOME PRETTY NEXT STOP.
-- NICE STUFF.
ANTHONY: RIGHT ABOUT NOW, YOU ARE THINKING MAYBE MILFORD IS STUCK IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
AU CONTRERE.
WELCOME TO LOCALLYWNED O HITCHINER MANUFACTURING, WHERE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF JET ENGINEIS MADE, COMBUSTOR PANELS.
>> VERY THIN PIECE OF METAL.
THOUSANDS OF COOLING PS ON THE FLAT PANEL, HICH ALLOWS AIR TO MOVE ACROSS IT.
ANTHONY: BRIAN HOOVER IS BP AND GENERAL MANAGER.
IT TAKES SEVERAL STEPS TO MAKE COMBUSTOR PANELS.
FIRST, THE PANELS ARE FASHIONED OUT OF WAX.
THEN, THE WAX PANELS ARE COVERED WITH A SHELL OF CERAMIC.
ONCE THAT IS DRY, - DRY--.
>>HE T METAL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE MOLD.
ANTHONY: AFTER IT HARDENED, THE THINNEST COMPONENT, ONE THAT YOU LIKELY RELY UPON.
YOU WILL BE FLYING WITH ONE OF OUR PARTS IN YOUR PLAN, REGARDLESS IF YOU AR FLYING