wrote:


There has never been that much of real interest to me here, any way. I
stopped in to see what was here, and just stuck around because Peyton
Place is off the air. I get a lot of attention here too, or I probably
would have moved on long ago. I'll be here as long as the idiot trust
continues to entertain me. Calling me names and telling me to **** off
is always welcome and an invitation to stick around to see what comes
next. I think if they want to really get me to leave, they will have
to cease ALL posting for a month or two. Eventually I would stop
checking if it really looked stone dead for a long period.

Anything short of that is just encouraging me at this point.


I wouldn't mind an ongoing discussion of boating along the Connecticut
shore of LI Sound. I spent most of my summers there as a kid, and I
still have friends who live and boat along the shore from Milford to
just shy of Guilford. My oldest buddy, who helped me close down my
father's boating businesses, has an A-Frame cottage in the Burwell's
Beach part of Woodmont.

We hung out he

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/woodmont.jpg


The mini-mansions in the center to the right of the map at one point
belonged to the Poli family, which owned theaters all over the United
States. They sold out to Loew's. These mansions are all about 80 years
old now, I guess. The big one on the point was the summer house of the
Poli family. They had a movie theater and a bowling alley in the
basement. Last time I was there, the big house had been given to a group
of nuns as a retreat. I suppose the rest of the fancy houses were sold
off individually.

Our place was far, far more modest.

Anyway, these were great boating and fishing waters way back then.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:25:21 -0400, A Boater wrote:


The mini-mansions in the center to the right of the map at one point
belonged to the Poli family, which owned theaters all over the United
States. They sold out to Loew's.

Way back when theaters were lavish, Poli Theaters were right at the top.
I think there are several that are still about.

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:25:21 -0400, A Boater wrote:


The mini-mansions in the center to the right of the map at one point
belonged to the Poli family, which owned theaters all over the United
States. They sold out to Loew's.

Way back when theaters were lavish, Poli Theaters were right at the top.
I think there are several that are still about.


I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

For a tiny city, we had a lot of interesting people living in the area.
One of the Gimbel brothers of department store fame lived around the
corner from us. They had a mansion...but we sure didn't! The family had
two really smart, pretty twin daughters who attended public school with
the rest of us "middle-class" folks.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:05 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

Most of them, might have been before your time. Poli Theaters go back to
Vaudeville days. However, there were two Poli theaters in New Haven.

Here's one:

http://insight.library.yale.edu/Yale...449/257566.jpg

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:05 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

Most of them, might have been before your time. Poli Theaters go back to
Vaudeville days. However, there were two Poli theaters in New Haven.

Here's one:

http://insight.library.yale.edu/Yale...449/257566.jpg



Yeah that was a tad before my time. I have no memory of that scene, even
with more modern cars... :)



I only recall two "downtown" movie theaters I went to in New Haven. I
think one might have been called the College Street theater, and the
other, which I will never forget, was called the Lincoln Theater. It was
where I saw my first movie. It was a re-release of Bambi, and I saw it
in 1948 or 1949. Scared the crap out of me.

The Whalley was the big first-run theater for us. Saw the 10
Commandments there and also Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course, a
lot of other movies.

I won one of the never-ending Duncan yo-yo contests at one of the
never-ending Saturday kiddie matinees at the Whalley. :) By the time I
got through kidhood, every kid in New Haven won that contest at least once.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:34 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I only recall two "downtown" movie theaters I went to in New Haven. I
think one might have been called the College Street theater, and the
other, which I will never forget, was called the Lincoln Theater. It was
where I saw my first movie. It was a re-release of Bambi, and I saw it
in 1948 or 1949. Scared the crap out of me.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3908/

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2747/ ???

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2266/ ???


The Whalley was the big first-run theater for us. Saw the 10
Commandments there and also Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course, a
lot of other movies.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2752/

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:34 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I only recall two "downtown" movie theaters I went to in New Haven. I
think one might have been called the College Street theater, and the
other, which I will never forget, was called the Lincoln Theater. It was
where I saw my first movie. It was a re-release of Bambi, and I saw it
in 1948 or 1949. Scared the crap out of me.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3908/

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2747/ ???

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2266/ ???


The Whalley was the big first-run theater for us. Saw the 10
Commandments there and also Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course, a
lot of other movies.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2752/



Wow...thanks for the memories!!!

Really.

On Sep 15, 12:08*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:05 -0400, A Boater wrote:
I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

Most of them, might have been before your time. *Poli Theaters go back to
Vaudeville days. *However, there were two Poli theaters in New Haven.

Here's one:

http://insight.library.yale.edu/Yale...449/257566.jpg

You'd have thought someone who allegedly attended Yale would have been
able to get that himself!

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:25:21 -0400, A Boater wrote:

wrote:


There has never been that much of real interest to me here, any way. I
stopped in to see what was here, and just stuck around because Peyton
Place is off the air. I get a lot of attention here too, or I probably
would have moved on long ago. I'll be here as long as the idiot trust
continues to entertain me. Calling me names and telling me to **** off
is always welcome and an invitation to stick around to see what comes
next. I think if they want to really get me to leave, they will have
to cease ALL posting for a month or two. Eventually I would stop
checking if it really looked stone dead for a long period.

Anything short of that is just encouraging me at this point.


I wouldn't mind an ongoing discussion of boating along the Connecticut
shore of LI Sound. I spent most of my summers there as a kid, and I
still have friends who live and boat along the shore from Milford to
just shy of Guilford. My oldest buddy, who helped me close down my
father's boating businesses, has an A-Frame cottage in the Burwell's
Beach part of Woodmont.

We hung out he

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/woodmont.jpg


The mini-mansions in the center to the right of the map at one point
belonged to the Poli family, which owned theaters all over the United
States. They sold out to Loew's. These mansions are all about 80 years
old now, I guess. The big one on the point was the summer house of the
Poli family. They had a movie theater and a bowling alley in the
basement. Last time I was there, the big house had been given to a group
of nuns as a retreat. I suppose the rest of the fancy houses were sold
off individually.

Our place was far, far more modest.

Anyway, these were great boating and fishing waters way back then.

Those red roofs are a well known landmark. One of my more frequent
spots for a weekend overnighter is to anchor behind Charles Island.

Another fav that I visit several times a month is the Thimbles. Once
you get there, it's easy to imagine you have sailed to Maine.

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:25:21 -0400, A Boater wrote:

wrote:

There has never been that much of real interest to me here, any way. I
stopped in to see what was here, and just stuck around because Peyton
Place is off the air. I get a lot of attention here too, or I probably
would have moved on long ago. I'll be here as long as the idiot trust
continues to entertain me. Calling me names and telling me to **** off
is always welcome and an invitation to stick around to see what comes
next. I think if they want to really get me to leave, they will have
to cease ALL posting for a month or two. Eventually I would stop
checking if it really looked stone dead for a long period.

Anything short of that is just encouraging me at this point.

I wouldn't mind an ongoing discussion of boating along the Connecticut
shore of LI Sound. I spent most of my summers there as a kid, and I
still have friends who live and boat along the shore from Milford to
just shy of Guilford. My oldest buddy, who helped me close down my
father's boating businesses, has an A-Frame cottage in the Burwell's
Beach part of Woodmont.

We hung out he

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/woodmont.jpg


The mini-mansions in the center to the right of the map at one point
belonged to the Poli family, which owned theaters all over the United
States. They sold out to Loew's. These mansions are all about 80 years
old now, I guess. The big one on the point was the summer house of the
Poli family. They had a movie theater and a bowling alley in the
basement. Last time I was there, the big house had been given to a group
of nuns as a retreat. I suppose the rest of the fancy houses were sold
off individually.

Our place was far, far more modest.

Anyway, these were great boating and fishing waters way back then.

Those red roofs are a well known landmark. One of my more frequent
spots for a weekend overnighter is to anchor behind Charles Island.

Another fav that I visit several times a month is the Thimbles. Once
you get there, it's easy to imagine you have sailed to Maine.



Ever been on Charles Island? Pretty island. Fishing on the south side
(where you anchored) was pretty good.

I had a friend whose family kept a nice sailboat at the Branford Yacht
Club, and when I got to go sailing with them, the Thimbles were a
frequent day trip destination for a picnic and swimming.

If you ever decide to come in close to those red roofs, be aware there
are at least a half dozen large rock outcroppings just below the surface
at high tide, in addition to the big one just beyond the big mansion's
point. In fact, the outcroppings continue east just past Anchor Beach.

At very low tides, some interesting details were revealed!