Spring on Redding Lane

LOBI-JAMA · 08-06-2009, 11:47 AM

We were from New Jersey. Your name does not ring a bell with me. Your parents must have been dealing with the Powers son from Calif.? Were your cabins red?

chuckdog · 08-06-2009, 11:50 AM

cabins were always yellow when we were there. did you have the speedboat that was at the dock? Your last name Lawton?(or something like that?)

LOBI-JAMA · 08-06-2009, 03:13 PM

No, that is not my last name, although i know who they are. (parents, 2 girls and 1 boy- maybe 2-can't remember). Its been awhile. You ever to any jumping off the Blackcat Island bridge. Did you ever meet the people in the private hose next to cabin 1?. Was Robins General Store still in business in Center Harbor when you wre up there?

chuckdog · 08-06-2009, 03:33 PM

robbins general store was still there, as was the bakery right next to it. never knew the people next door from the cabins. I do remember a double or triple murder on black cat island though. Son killed his parents and a sister maybe???

I think my family stopped going to coach lantern terrace when the son(s) started getting involved in the operation.

Pineedles · 08-14-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chuckdog

robbins general store was still there, as was the bakery right next to it. never knew the people next door from the cabins. I do remember a double or triple murder on black cat island though. Son killed his parents and a sister maybe???

I think my family stopped going to coach lantern terrace when the son(s) started getting involved in the operation.

Bakery was Anderson's bakery and Fred "Robbins" was the General store.

skisox24 · 08-17-2009, 09:05 PM

Correct. Robbins Store was an old country store that was a totally disorganized and seemingly unsanitary mess. The Robbins owned and managed the store for years. In spite of its character, it was missed when they sold out to an antiseptic and common general store which eventually failed and became Wild Harbor Canoes. The building next door at the lights was a pharmacy for many years with one of the most helpful pharmicists around.

We remted a home at Blackey Cove for many years during the 80's and always filled our old milk bottles with the "free" water from the spring on Redding Lane. The story that we heard was that the quality of the water was questionable so the town or DES shut it down. My wife who has never shaken her beatnik/hippie skepticism of the sixties theorizes that the spring was closed about the same time that the spring water bottling plant opened in Ossippee. It is missed for sure.

Pineedles · 08-20-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by skisox24

Correct. Robbins Store was an old country store that was a totally disorganized and seemingly unsanitary mess. The Robbins owned and managed the store for years. In spite of its character, it was missed when they sold out to an antiseptic and common general store which eventually failed and became Wild Harbor Canoes. .

skisox24,

I worked two summers at Robbins and I must disagree with you on two points. One it was not disorganized, and two the ground beef that we sold was kept in the cooler and the ground fresh in a the grinder that was washed down every night. I know, I was the one that did it. The floor was hardwood and not polished linoleum, but it was swept when needed. Fred crammed every imaginable item in that store that might be needed, but he was open till midnight some days of the week. Thank you for saying it was very missed, because I sure missed it. It may have not been as famous as Moultonboroughs' "Old Country Store" but it sure was convenient for many of us. I mostly miss the grinders that "Shirley", a long time employee used to make. As far as Fred was concerned he was a bit of cranky guy but no one is perfect.

skisox24 · 08-22-2009, 09:25 PM

Pineneedles,

Notice that I said "seemingly unsanitary mess." In no way was I suggesting that it was in fact not clean or organized. I mentioned those terms in order to contrast with the store that replaced Robbins and failed rather quickly.

My wife and I really miss the character of the old store and all that it represented. I respect all the work that you invested in the old store and the care that the owners took to produce quality products. Unfortunately, that format doesn't work too well in today's world, which is a statement in and of itself.

Pineedles · 08-29-2009, 02:12 PM

You are right, you did say seemingly, and it was quite a difference when the seemingly

sterile and definitely vacant shelved quickie mart opened.

I remember how much a lot of people missed the store, particularly those customers waiting on Sundays for the clock to tic to high noon when it was legal to buy beer. Fred was quite the merchant, but he made sure we all watched the big clock behind the counter before we could even begin to ring up a beer purchase.

Thank you for your compliments and yes it is too bad that format doesn't work anymore.

08-17-2009, 09:05 PM	#6
skisox24 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 74 Thanks: 9 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Before there was a light at Center Harbor Correct. Robbins Store was an old country store that was a totally disorganized and seemingly unsanitary mess. The Robbins owned and managed the store for years. In spite of its character, it was missed when they sold out to an antiseptic and common general store which eventually failed and became Wild Harbor Canoes. The building next door at the lights was a pharmacy for many years with one of the most helpful pharmicists around. We remted a home at Blackey Cove for many years during the 80's and always filled our old milk bottles with the "free" water from the spring on Redding Lane. The story that we heard was that the quality of the water was questionable so the town or DES shut it down. My wife who has never shaken her beatnik/hippie skepticism of the sixties theorizes that the spring was closed about the same time that the spring water bottling plant opened in Ossippee. It is missed for sure.

08-22-2009, 09:25 PM	#8
skisox24 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 74 Thanks: 9 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Robbins Pineneedles, Notice that I said "seemingly unsanitary mess." In no way was I suggesting that it was in fact not clean or organized. I mentioned those terms in order to contrast with the store that replaced Robbins and failed rather quickly. My wife and I really miss the character of the old store and all that it represented. I respect all the work that you invested in the old store and the care that the owners took to produce quality products. Unfortunately, that format doesn't work too well in today's world, which is a statement in and of itself.

08-06-2009, 11:47 AM	#1
LOBI-JAMA Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We were from New Jersey. Your name does not ring a bell with me. Your parents must have been dealing with the Powers son from Calif.? Were your cabins red?

08-06-2009, 11:50 AM	#2
chuckdog Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cabins were always yellow when we were there. did you have the speedboat that was at the dock? Your last name Lawton?(or something like that?)

08-06-2009, 03:13 PM	#3
LOBI-JAMA Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No, that is not my last name, although i know who they are. (parents, 2 girls and 1 boy- maybe 2-can't remember). Its been awhile. You ever to any jumping off the Blackcat Island bridge. Did you ever meet the people in the private hose next to cabin 1?. Was Robins General Store still in business in Center Harbor when you wre up there?

08-06-2009, 03:33 PM	#4
chuckdog Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	robbins general store was still there, as was the bakery right next to it. never knew the people next door from the cabins. I do remember a double or triple murder on black cat island though. Son killed his parents and a sister maybe??? I think my family stopped going to coach lantern terrace when the son(s) started getting involved in the operation.

08-29-2009, 02:12 PM	#9
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,549 Thanks: 1,074 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	You are right, you did say seemingly, and it was quite a difference when the seemingly sterile and definitely vacant shelved quickie mart opened. I remember how much a lot of people missed the store, particularly those customers waiting on Sundays for the clock to tic to high noon when it was legal to buy beer. Fred was quite the merchant, but he made sure we all watched the big clock behind the counter before we could even begin to ring up a beer purchase. Thank you for your compliments and yes it is too bad that format doesn't work anymore.