Dan’s Diner closed already? April 28, 2009

According to a comment posted here this weekend by Peter Myers, Dan’s Diner of Spencertown, NY has closed after a few short months!  This 1925 vintage Jerry O’Mahony diner was painstakingly restored over a number of years by Dan Rundell.
It had previously been operated as Moe’s Diner on Rte. 17 in Durham, CT, where it [...]

Portside Diner celebrates 50 years! April 22, 2009

The Portside Diner located in the Danversport section of Danvers, Mass. is celebrating 50 years in the town. The Portside is Worcester Lunch Car # 813 and was originally known as the Cape Ann Grill and was delivered to it’s first operating location at 214 Main Street in Gloucester on June 8, 1948. It replaced a [...]

Local Roadside Memories slide presentation at Lynnfield, Mass. Historical Society April 18, 2009

I will be doing my Local Roadside Memories Power Point Presentation next month at the Lynnfield Historical Society. This presentation features photos I have shot in the last 30 years as well as selected items from my collection including roadside related memorabilia, post card views as well as old photos I have obtained.

According to Donald [...]

Former MLB Pitcher Mark Fidrych passes away April 14, 2009

Mark Fidrych, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, was found dead. (Newsday File Photo / John H. Cornell Jr. / September 12, 1976)
Former Major League Baseball pitching phenom Mark Fidrych was found dead yesterday afternoon underneath his 10-wheel dump truck at his Northborough, Mass. farm. I knew him slightly from seeing him help out his wife Ann [...]

Governor of Tennessee names John Baeder Distinguished Artist April 11, 2009

Newly finished Painting by John Baeder, Bob’s Diner is Worcester Lunch Car # 711, originally Brady’s Diner of Bridgewater, Mass.
This is the Bridgewater location circa late 1970’s. Below is a photo
I shot in November of 1981 when the diner was in storage in Ashland, Mass.

From a press release dated 31 MARCH 2009
AUGUSTA, GA—John Baeder, one [...]

My Family History & connection with Diners April 11, 2009

This piece originally ran in the “hard copy” printed version of Diner Hotline in the Spring 2007 Issue of the SCA Journal Magazine. I decided to resurrect the story in it’s unedited version with some additional photos and updated info for my online readers.
U. S. Route 20 is one of the oldest cross continent highways [...]

How many people remember Pleasure Island of Wakefield, Mass.? April 5, 2009

Post Card view, map showing how to get to Pleasure Island
I am excited to report that my friend Bob McLaughlin has authored an Images of America book on the legendary Pleasure Island, an early smaller version of a Disney-type theme park that operated under 4 different owners from 1959 to 1969 in Wakefield, Mass. The [...]