from Crick
Meg is my cousin. Her family lived on Wilson Avenue next to the Ladrigans and just down the hill from the entrance to Bryan Road where Connie and I lived. Her mom, Lois, was my mother’s youngest sister. Lois was very pretty too. Rex Gatten was her father. Rex and I coached Rowayton Little [...]
from Crick
Since this has been batted around on Facebook, I thought I should fess up. Becki put this up. I learned to sleep with a pillow over my head in the frat house at college because of the noise. Poor Brooke can’t come to our house because she is allergic to cats.
Counter-clockwise from the top [...]
This was first posted on February 17th, 2010.
from Kathy Wilmot Pinto
This is me (left), Helen Meyer and Pat VonDwinglo in the foreground. Roton Avenue is on the left and Rowayton School is up the hill in the background.
That’s me below sitting on the fence in front of our house after we moved from Witch Lane [...]
This was first published on February 15th, 2010.
provided by Kathy Wilmot Pinto
Kathy is living in Vermont now and expecting a snow storm tonight. Here she is (center) with her sister, Donna Wilmot Koellmer (left), and Eleanor Stowe (right). This is not the Rowayton School pond. This is a pond near the eastern end of Witch [...]
I have quite a few “ROONEY” memories. Dad always sent me his latest book that Andy had signed for me. I believe that Dad and I went to a few New York Giant football games and at least one Mets’ baseball game with Andy. Although Andy, the sports writer, sat in the press box I [...]
Hi there folks. I stumbled on this web site and am SO glad I did ! I grew up in Rowayton and lived there from 1951-1961, when we moved to Atlanta , Ga. I lived on the corner of Bittersweet Trail, across the street from Brad Case, next door to Jimmie Atkins, and right below [...]
from Crick
Last week the NY Times had a nostalgic article about the Polo Grounds where the New York Giants played in the 1950s before they moved to San Francisco. The article jogged my memory about the good old days when I was a kid growing up in Rowayton CT on Long Island Sound. I’ve been [...]
