. >> ed: my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945r. during the heyday, there were three paper mills, a cotton mill, a silk mill, a foundry, a beehive of activity here. >> anthony: back then, a company town like this, the company actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their employees. schools. the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> ed: the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the town just kind of died during the '80s. when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> anthony: attracted by the manufacturing here. >> ed: correct. maybe the possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> ed: so my father was here, a millwright, a millwright's job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something that needed to be repaired. >> anthony: you could work in a mill and live in a nice home, send your kids to school, make a living all on a mill salary. >> ed: you bet. >> anthony: it's unthinkable now almost. what happe