A classic reprise in honor of those summer days down by the river. Some things never change, except maybe swimwear …
Yes, real summer’s here. And the haze these days is bringing us back to a bit of a Rumson riverfront daze.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Pier Summer Sunning Daze
There’s nothing quite like a beach cruise — in the parking lot of any Sea Bright beach in the 70s.
Continue reading Retro RFHer’s Sea Bright Beach Cruise
Just when you think you’ve moved past an RFH gym suit PTSD trigger, another rears its horrid head.
Continue reading Retro RFH Softball Gals’ Gym Suit Guffaw
Open a new window? Old window? There’s nothing quite like the feeling of busting out of the not-so-hallowed halls of RFH.
Continue reading Retro RFH Spring Bust Out
Batters are up for RFH Boys Baseball season. Games are in full swing. Call the popularity of the game a home run hit.
Continue reading Retro RFH Baseball Boys Playing the FieldReprise! We’ve said it every year; and we’re saying it again this year …
Happy Mother’s Day to Rumson-Fair Haven area moms of the past and present!
You put the coffee on. You called for us when dinner was ready. You held on tight when we needed a hug. You wiped our dirty little faces, sopped up tears and runny noses. You were there, front and center, at many a school open house, game, play, concert and, yes, principal’s office visit.
You welcomed the neighborhood kids as if they were your own. You wrote all those notes to get us out of gym class (because some of us were clods). You shook your heads in disbelief over our antics and yelled our full names like a loving banshee when you were mad. You had our backs. You were just plain there — the unshifting foundation of a community through the years, building a legacy.
Thank you. We remember those who are gone and salute those who carry on …
— Elaine Van Develde
Photos/courtesy of Facebook friends
A must of a reprise from 2020 in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week …
There’s nothing like some fine elementary school teaching moments … at the beach … with ice cream … and cool teachers sporting cat-eye sunglasses and pedal pushers.
Continue reading Retro Appreciated RumsonTeachers’ Beach Tripping
Let the sun shine! The clouds have cleared this week for a good shining. And back in the 1970s at RFH, busting out of the hallowed halls was the thing to do when the fiery orb reared its rays in the sky.
Continue reading Retro RFH Sunny Daze Stoop Dwelling
Sing it! Row that boat ashore, Michael, Mary, Karen, Lynn, and whoever else has an oar. And, whatever you do, don’t rain on their parade! You couldn’t if you tried.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Folk Singers’ Song of Simple Joy
If there was ever a perfect night for a classic pre-teen sleepover, tonight might just be the night. It’s all about drizzly dampness made toasty with a little help from friends.
Continue reading Retro TGIF Fair Haven Sleepover
Forget “Play ball!” It’s more like “Where’s the ball?
Aaaaand swing! Call it “playing the field incognito” — or something.
Yes, we’ve explored old times, uniforms and players on the RFH baseball field and in the dugout.
Continue reading Retro RFH Baseball Guys & Ghouls
Another Saturday night and he’s got his buddies. And some sunshine. That’s how the RFH ball, or prom, or just plain dressed-up night or day out rolled back in the 1970s.
Continue reading Retro RFH Date Night
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