It was a neat place. Plymouth Rock Oh, I did my best daydreaming there! we had some fun times up there until 1966. unfortunately my cousin ronnie was killed in a motorcycle accident in the fall of 1965. he was attending sullivan county comm. When I was a bit older your father (if he still had the bar concession) was nice enough to serve without asking for ID (remember a long time ago and he knew of me from my Mothers family) the degrees of contact get closer. I was a jr. counselor in 67 and 68 at weelock. Your memory is correct across the lake from the dock was a small dam and there was a path beside that dam leading down to a wonderful stream. might have been easy to obtain old home movies of what the resorts I miss my city so much. Looking for respite from city life, New Yorkers would head to theBorscht Belt to sunbathe, swim, dance, and dine during the summer months, and the resort area soon became known as a Jewish vacationland. 'The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America' Many people vacationed in the Catskills and it Bob and Edna were my parents best friends I was a junior counselor at Weelock around 1972. Summers at the areas bungalow colonies meant sleeping in tiny cottages and spending the days in a pool or lake and the clubhouse. it, as if someone had just made a call. Anyway, thanks for your comments, Neil. I was a counselor at weelock in 67 and 68. She was Aunt Lena and I believe his name was Max. We lived in Parksville where my dad owned a gas station. Unfortunately, all my relatives with knowledge are no longer alive. Would love to hear any scraps of history or memories! from the Roaring Twenties to the 1980s? I did He was pictured in the brochure catching a string full of fish. Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a nickname for the (now mostly defunct) summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties in New York. Hi John. 943 S Orem Blvd, Orem, UT 84058. hi leslie, this is mitch getting back to you. I am in touch with Allison Belkin (Allison Gottlieb Belkin) on Facebook. Now I have the name of the road for the next trip. Those that could make the necessary upgrades found themselves hopelessly in debt. As indicated in the article, the New Roxy closed in 1966. My grandfather was a singer there and my grandmother was the niece of the owner Fox or Fuchs family. 100 Old Catskills Hotels ideas | catskill hotel, catskills, catskill resorts Old Catskills Hotels 106 Pins 8w R Collection by Bobby Similar ideas popular now Abandoned Places Hotel Catskill Hotel Sales Agent Family Of Four Catskills Conjunctions Concord Hotels How To Apply Catskill Resorts Playgrounds Ghost Towns Offbeat Adventure Awaits
