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skisox24 · 08-17-2009, 08:05 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.

08-17-2009, 08:05 PM	#18
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.