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Old 07-14-2017, 07:38 PM   #201
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The marina was built by Spanos and Rugg in 1960 shortly after they bought the park from the Jones family. Those pictures were taken in the 30's.

That first picture is of my mother washing clothes on the dock in front of our cabin (them days are long gone LOL. We used to wash in the lake too with a bar of soap). Back then it wasn't much of a cabin. It was a board floor with wood sides that went up about four feet. The rest of it was a tent top that was put up each summer. Jones allowed the campers to store all their equipment for the winter in the barn on the other side of route 11 outside the park.
Did/Do you know Ray and Anne Todd? Those are my grandparents.
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Old 07-15-2017, 12:48 PM   #202
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Did/Do you know Ray and Anne Todd? Those are my grandparents.
You know I don't remember them, but I am sure that I must have said hello to them as I passed their camp. It's been a long time since I left the park, which was in 1963. There were so many people that I knew back then, but have faded from memory.
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Old 07-17-2017, 01:53 AM   #203
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When did the Mount stop docking at Big Pier?

Must have been long ago.
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Old 07-18-2017, 07:34 AM   #204
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Did/Do you know Ray and Anne Todd? Those are my grandparents.
Ma and Pa! Ma still sits on the porch and keeps track of me and what I'm up to. Miss Pa's daily swim in the lake to "test the water".
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Old 07-19-2017, 09:55 AM   #205
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Ma and Pa! Ma still sits on the porch and keeps track of me and what I'm up to. Miss Pa's daily swim in the lake to "test the water".
Is that you Todd?
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Old 07-19-2017, 06:26 PM   #206
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Is that you Todd?
The one and only
I've taken over my grandfather's spot on his porch listening to the Red Sox games and watching people walk by now.
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Old 07-19-2017, 06:27 PM   #207
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Very nice. I think we are going there sometime in August. I will look for you.
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Old 11-11-2017, 07:12 AM   #208
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Good Morning. Found this forum yesterday searching for - wait for lt - history of Lake Shore Park. What a treasure. Both LSP and the forum.

My grandfather Clarence Lyons and grandmother Angie purchased a small trailer, airstream type, with porch when I was a baby, probably 1958ish. He had a huge wooden boat that was parked on rail road during the winters and fought to get into and out of the marina next to the gas station which was pictured. It was an arch. My parents rebuilt in 1980 when the sewer collector was installed and enjoy LSP to this very year.

Dad was on the board of directors for a term, to include chairman. Dave Berry continues to be a LSP figure with his walking stick and big hats. Loved to sail until he couldn’t any longer.

As a child, mom would bring us up to the lake for the summer and homestead until Labor Day. Sylvia, or Sally, brings children, grandchildren, and now greatgrand children to the lake at every opportunity. It’s a safe and nurchering place to be.

Can anyone tell me when LSP Association purchased the park?
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Old 11-14-2017, 03:31 PM   #209
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Forum member SteveA here seemed to be the expert on LSP. Have not see much activity from him lately.
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LSP was bought by the members in 1975.
And last winter was a sad time in the park when SteveA passed away.
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Old 12-24-2018, 09:15 AM   #211
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LSP was bought by the members in 1975.
And last winter was a sad time in the park when SteveA passed away.
I just read that a classmate of mine at WPI, Susan Lindberg Shanahan, passed away recently. It said that she owned a home at LSP. Hadn't seen her since 1987, but she was a very nice person. Very sad.
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"Major" yes she did own a home in LSP with her family. Her grandparents vincent and Isabell Mercadante also lived in LSP for many many years..
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Old 02-17-2020, 09:30 PM   #213
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It is amazing that the Pier is still about the same (some alteration have been made through the years to hold off ice damage) but that beach part is significantly smaller now, there are a couple cottages in that area.
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Old 03-05-2020, 05:10 PM   #214
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Good Morning. Found this forum yesterday searching for - wait for lt - history of Lake Shore Park. What a treasure. Both LSP and the forum.

My grandfather Clarence Lyons and grandmother Angie purchased a small trailer, airstream type, with porch when I was a baby, probably 1958ish. He had a huge wooden boat that was parked on rail road during the winters and fought to get into and out of the marina next to the gas station which was pictured. It was an arch. My parents rebuilt in 1980 when the sewer collector was installed and enjoy LSP to this very year.

Dad was on the board of directors for a term, to include chairman. Dave Berry continues to be a LSP figure with his walking stick and big hats. Loved to sail until he couldn’t any longer.

As a child, mom would bring us up to the lake for the summer and homestead until Labor Day. Sylvia, or Sally, brings children, grandchildren, and now greatgrand children to the lake at every opportunity. It’s a safe and nurchering place to be.

Can anyone tell me when LSP Association purchased the park?

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Old 11-04-2020, 08:08 AM   #215
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Hi All,
We have just joined the Forum. I am writing a history of Sawyer Point in Tuftonboro for a book celebrating the area and the 50th anniversary of our Sawyer Point Road Association in 2021.
I'm interested in the Caverly, Piper, Edgerly and Sawyer families who owned property on Sawyer Point. Also any other information or anecdotes about the area would be welcome.
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Old 08-17-2022, 05:06 PM   #217
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This whole Lake Shore Park thread is like listening to my Mother all over again. She grew up at Lake Shore Park, and my Grand father Clinton Flanders was the section foreman from West Alton to Lakeport. My Mother was born in 1914 in a farm house across from th enterance to Ellacoya Park. She has since passed, but I have alot of info that she had. I have to take the time to find it. Thank you so much for this thread.
BJM; HAVE YOU FOUND PICTURES OF LAKESHORE PARK?
any pictures of terrance hill across from samoset?
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Old 03-26-2024, 02:58 PM   #218
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many memories from 60's and on in front of baby beach

dad's cousin Ralph William Williams painted many of the Breck Girls portraits that were used in Breck shampoo advertising. He used to work on these portraits while looking out at baby beach on Lake Winnipesaukee. They were on the back of better homes and gardens and many others
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BJM; HAVE YOU FOUND PICTURES OF LAKESHORE PARK?
any pictures of terrance hill across from Samoset?
My family had a cottage on Terrace Hill. From the late 50s to 1998 when taxes skyrocketed. Before that the cottage had been in the family since the 1890s.

Before the Laconia bypass, it was quite the trip taking backroads through Laconia and Gilford to get to the 'camp'.

Sorry I don't have pictures of Terrace Hill. Up until the early 70s, it was a seasonal dirt road covered with used crankcase oil to mitigate dust. Almost all the camps were owned by middle class residents, firemen and policemen from Mass, RI and New York. There were two cabin colonies with seasonal rental, one was owned by Ellie Donnelly and the other was by Kitty her sister. Both of Irish origin.

The residents would have neighborhood block parties where the families would get together to socialize and the kids would get to know each other. Gone are the days I cherished on the lake.
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