Reply To: Catskill Nostalgia

Yukelson’s was the name of a colony

Otis hotel was in Swan Lake up the road from Goldwasser’s

Zucker’s hotel is still in business if you want to go back in the past!

there are families of 8+ who still are in 3 bedroom bungalows where at times some sleep on a high riser in the kitchen

remembering more….

Julie’s gas station

Itzkowitz grocery

Red Apple rest station

seeing cows on the farms all the drive up to the mountains

staying put all summer and not going to and from city at least weekly(for whatever reason)

all children of colony waiting for each father coming with Short Line on Friday

wearing shorts all week when there were no men around

going blueberry picking on Thursday and then Mom turning small kitchen into a bakery with delicacies no bakery could bake

being in a colony where all types could live together in unity whether modern, litvish, yeshivish,chassidish,etc. and helping each other with a smile

we didn’t need Chofetz Chaim heritage to tell us what we are permitted or not permitted to say/speak

telephone booths at a slightly secluded place and having your name called when/if you had a call

doing “phony” collect phone calls so the person could call you back because direct calling was cheaper