Month: December 2024

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The Rocky Motel

Windham Life and Times – December 28, 2024

The “Rocky Motel” was located on Route 111 in Windham. At  one point, it became quite notorious, about the same time as the cruising grounds were in action on a discontinued section of Route 111, where Shaw’s is today. Chief of Police Crawford, found himself quite the attraction there once, when he was patrolling, undercover, on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. That was also the location of “Torres Nudist Spa”, which was adorned with a very large sign, created by vivid teenage imaginations from a box of old sign letters. It was the talk of the Windham Country Store, coffee parlor, one Sunday morning. My poor dad! vintageaerial.com/photos/new-hampshire/rockingham/1966/PRO/76/15
 

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James and Hazel Brown Home

Windham Life and Times December 13, 2024

So again, these aerial photos were taken in 1966. In this shot, you can see the Brown home that once stood of Route 111 where Klemm’s Bakery is today. Many of the Browns were on the Windham Fire Department and they ran a local oil business. You can see the oil truck in the garage.  https://vintageaerial.com/photos/new-hampshire/rockingham/1966/PRO/76/17 The inset photograph is of the same house as it looked about the year 1900.
 

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The Simpson Farm

Windham Life and Times November 29, 2024

The Sullivan place was located on Range Road, near Jon Carpenter’s/Windham News location. It had been one of the most beautiful farms in Windham but had fallen into disrepair by the 1960’s. The farm was built by Samuel W. Simpson in 1815. Samuel’s grand-niece Eva Cutting is shown in the Baldwin Coolidge photograph from the 1880’s. The low stone wall still marks the spot near the road. https://vintageaerial.com/photos/new-hampshire/rockingham/1966/PRO/78/1