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nj2nh · 04-13-2009, 08:01 AM

Thanks for the info on mini-golf and Shibley's.

I have to say that Alton Bay is not the place of my childhood anymore. It isn't even the place of my children's childhood and they are only teens. In my almost 50 years, I have see so much disappear or changed beyond recogniztion - the Oak Birch Inn, McGrath's store (blew up one winter), those little buildings next to the fire department, and the pavilion. Even though I never once went up to the Christian Center, it was something you thought would just never change. There was even that fire on Mt. Major a year or so ago. The mini-golf that I knew is gone. Victoria's Pier is gone. The tree-covered hilltops have huge houses on them - something I never expected or hoped to see.

Well, things change, I suppose, but not always for the better. I mourn the passing of what was and don't necessarily welcome what is.

nj2nh

04-13-2009, 08:01 AM	#12
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 533 Thanks: 81 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	Thanks for the info on mini-golf and Shibley's. I have to say that Alton Bay is not the place of my childhood anymore. It isn't even the place of my children's childhood and they are only teens. In my almost 50 years, I have see so much disappear or changed beyond recogniztion - the Oak Birch Inn, McGrath's store (blew up one winter), those little buildings next to the fire department, and the pavilion. Even though I never once went up to the Christian Center, it was something you thought would just never change. There was even that fire on Mt. Major a year or so ago. The mini-golf that I knew is gone. Victoria's Pier is gone. The tree-covered hilltops have huge houses on them - something I never expected or hoped to see. Well, things change, I suppose, but not always for the better. I mourn the passing of what was and don't necessarily welcome what is. nj2nh __________________