Grammy Gibbs’ Cabin Memories

~ Marion Patterson – daughter. (Revised from an article published 8-92. Some contemporary terms are used.  All rights reserved)

“By August of that rainy summer of 1961 we were bored, with “nothing to do.” And, we were stuck at Grammy Gibbs’ cabin for the month.  Today, by late summer pools, museums, and Game Boys have lost their charm, just as touring Cape Cod villages, dodging raindrops, and making jigsaw puzzles did then.  Friends are vacationing with their families, leaving summer chums behind.  Same as then.

Yankee Summers

Jackie Fellows Hull, daughter ~

“As a child living in New Boston, New Hampshire, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, I remember riding the yellow bus up the steep hill out of town and over a bumpy dirt road to Scobie Pond for our swimming lessons. It was interesting to me to be riding with a menagerie of students many of whom were high school age like the Whipples, Dodges and Barss clans.

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Spring Upon the Land

Jackie Fellows Hull, daughter.

Spring always seemed to come in rivulets of melting ice inches thick on Meeting House Road where we lived in New Boston, NH. The slanting spring sun’s rays thinned the winter’s snow coat.

Syrupin’ Season, Maple Syrup, Indian Creek Nature Center

~ John Fellows, son. . HARD WORK, POORLY PAID. Sweet results for those that extol the virtues which, with just a tip of a wrist, enjoy the sweat of others’ brows.

~ Heidi Swanburg Luba, granddaughter.
Syrup season – finally!!!

Winter Food Fare

~ Marion (Fellows) Patterson, daughter. As we hunker down in the depths of winter, we remember some of our favorite foods growing up. Some continue to this day to be part of our continuing traditions. A favorite, especially this winter, is Boston Baked Beans, steamed Brown Bread, and hot dogs on Saturday night.

Winter In New England

~ John Fellows, son. “As a kid growing up in New Hampshire, winter meant two things: “sledding” and walking my paper route. School was something you did in between.

Christmas Memories

~ Heather (Swanburg) Yelle, niece.

“Every New Year’s Day, Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Sue would have a small New Year’s Day get together.

Frugality

“Use It Up. Wear It Out. Make Do. Do Without.”

Remember this favorite quote from Yvonne and how frugal our folks were? (All the generation of the Gibbs siblings and their partners.) So, share a memory of how they saved.

Paula Little and Dawn Mahany coincidentally spurred this idea. See their entries below.

Christmas Clubs and Holiday Memories

~ Dan Patterson, grandson.

“One of my favorite memories of Grandma Fellows is also one of my favorite Christmas memories. When I was fairly young, I really wanted a pair of roller blades for Christmas. I remember talking with Grandma on the phone about how cool the skates were, and how one of my favorite baseball players also skated a lot. Gram used that opportunity to talk with me for quite a while about my favorite baseball teams.