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LovelyToSeeYou · 09-16-2009, 06:25 AM

A place that my family first rented back in the early fifties? I know my brother was an unplanned but not unloved infant. Mom and Dad used my doll carriage for him. He will be 58 in Dec. My other brother will be 66 in December. As some of you know I am a 67 year old grandmother. It was down Meredith Neck Road and had a white home with a lawn in front that was sometimes used for croquet. There was a barn past the lawn to the left.

Along the right was an area of small cottages. They were tiny and one was a "double" cottage. If you walked down a grassy hill in the woods there was a nice sandy beach that we all used. To get back to the cottage you had to climb back up the hill and there were mosquitos that used to bite us.

I found this place again maybe twenty years ago but did not have my camera. I took my mother out to search for it. Mom will be 93 next month. It still had the tiny cottages but it did not look like they were still being used. I tried to go back some years ago with my camera to look for it again but there had been a lot of construction and I had no idea where it had been. I want to say the family that owned it back in the fifties was named Harris. Not sure though. The cove like beach was only a small part of a piece of land that they owned along the water as I recall Mom saying. Does anyone have a picture of this place? Many years ago I remember seeing sort of a post card with an image of the home and cottages and maybe the beach. Thanks for any help. PS my parents came with another family who were smart enough to purchase a piece of land on Castle Shores for around 500 dollars or something and built a cottage on cement blocks etc. This is how my family came to be lovers of Lake Winnipesaukee. In 1986 I purchased my home here!!

09-16-2009, 06:25 AM	#11
LovelyToSeeYou Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 49 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Great information...Any Meredith people who remember... A place that my family first rented back in the early fifties? I know my brother was an unplanned but not unloved infant. Mom and Dad used my doll carriage for him. He will be 58 in Dec. My other brother will be 66 in December. As some of you know I am a 67 year old grandmother. It was down Meredith Neck Road and had a white home with a lawn in front that was sometimes used for croquet. There was a barn past the lawn to the left. Along the right was an area of small cottages. They were tiny and one was a "double" cottage. If you walked down a grassy hill in the woods there was a nice sandy beach that we all used. To get back to the cottage you had to climb back up the hill and there were mosquitos that used to bite us. I found this place again maybe twenty years ago but did not have my camera. I took my mother out to search for it. Mom will be 93 next month. It still had the tiny cottages but it did not look like they were still being used. I tried to go back some years ago with my camera to look for it again but there had been a lot of construction and I had no idea where it had been. I want to say the family that owned it back in the fifties was named Harris. Not sure though. The cove like beach was only a small part of a piece of land that they owned along the water as I recall Mom saying. Does anyone have a picture of this place? Many years ago I remember seeing sort of a post card with an image of the home and cottages and maybe the beach. Thanks for any help. PS my parents came with another family who were smart enough to purchase a piece of land on Castle Shores for around 500 dollars or something and built a cottage on cement blocks etc. This is how my family came to be lovers of Lake Winnipesaukee. In 1986 I purchased my home here!!