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Nonchalance · 02-20-2015, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ncrkd

How about:

1.) the gas station about a third of the way from East Setauket to Port Jeff ... Cardwells?

2.) the name of the bank roughly across from the now Se-Port Deli ... Tinker National Bank?

3.) the vet about halfway between East Setauket and Port Jeff ... ?

What road was the vet on?

I think that gas station's still there.

TransplantedFloridian · 02-20-2015, 11:24 AM

I've heard 2 stories about Tara Inn. One, that there's a bowling alley in the basement from wayyy back in the day, and two, that there's also a secret passage down there that was used during the prohibition days to sneak booze in/out(No one seemed to know where it lead to).

ncdust · 02-20-2015, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Nonchalance

What road was the vet on?

I think that gas station's still there.

The vet was on 25A, near where the LILCO main line crosses over.

The tiny Cardwells Mobil gas station / repair shop is gone now, but was roughly across from the intersection of 25A and Van Brunt Manor road.

The vet was Josephf Arnaboldi.

http://goo.gl/dserNc - Nancy T., ever seen this book before?

nancy thereader · 02-20-2015, 12:31 PM

No, I had never seen that book before. It brought back so many memories. My Dad wrote a few articles about Strongs Neck for The Long Island Forum & he would have loved to have seen that.
Thank you so much for sharing it . If only we could go back in time , even for just an hour . . . . .

ncdust · 02-20-2015, 01:17 PM

You're welcome - I came across it purely by accident after making my earlier today post, while taking a long shot at googling Cardwell and Setauket.

I've also dug around in the "Old Fulton NY Postcards" newspaper archive for Long Island stuff (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html). I've yet to find an online archive of The Three Village Herald.

Nonchalance · 02-20-2015, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ncrkd

The vet was on 25A, near where the LILCO main line crosses over.

The tiny Cardwells Mobil gas station / repair shop is gone now, but was roughly across from the intersection of 25A and Van Brunt Manor road.

The vet was Josephf Arnaboldi.

The Three Villages - Google Books - Nancy T., ever seen this book before?

Thanks. I think we used to take our animals to that vet.

My mistake! I remember that gas station now...was thinking of another one at a T-intersection of 25A and another street.

ncdust · 02-20-2015, 04:32 PM

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... If only we could go back in time , even for just an hour . . . . .

Yep - I'd give almost anything to have a nice calm, warm summertime day on the water there. Lord, grant me a mid-day high tide, just one more time!

Nonchalance · 02-20-2015, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ncrkd

Yep - I'd give almost anything to have a nice calm, warm summertime day on the water there. Lord, grant me a mid-day high tide, just one more time!

Meet you on the floating dock.

B Mac · 02-21-2015, 06:40 AM

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Meet you on the floating dock.

Betty's Beach had a floating dock. Probably still does.

ncdust · 02-21-2015, 09:41 AM

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Meet you on the floating dock.

Ha! I'd be tempted to say, "Great, I'll bring the sunscreen", but we never used it in those days.

I still have some "artistic" barnacle scars.

As Nancy said, it was a great place to grow up - hope it still is, despite the high costs.