Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine East Granby If you're reading this sentence and are at all interested in Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine, you should just go to the page I wrote about our visit to it. Because what you're reading now is a very truncated version of that. First Copper Mine in the … [Read more...]
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Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
From Copper to Coppers East Granby (Google Maps location) September 1, 2018 I didn't think this page would ever happen. Soon after I began writing this website in 2006, Newgate was "closed temporarily for repairs." I thought, "good, maybe I'll sort out if it's 'Newgate," "New-Gate," or "New Gate" by the time it … [Read more...]
Jacknife (1989)
Jacked Up Jacknife, 1989 When I began putting together my list of Connecticut movies, I hadn't heard of the large majority of them. This didn't strike me as surprising, as I've never been a big movie watcher. And as far as knowing off the top of my head which movies were, like, Connecticut movies... well, I'm not … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Invisible Island
The Good Old Days The Invisible Island, Dean Marshall This book is a joy. Written in 1948, The Great Depression and WWII were behind us and the Cold War had yet to really get going, these were the halcyon days for (wealthy, white) Americans. The world was a safe place and children were allowed to venture … [Read more...]
Babb’s Beach
Lots of Babble Babb's Beach Suffield I've waited a decade to write this page. And I should probably wait at least a decade more. But here we are... on a page about a tiny strip of sand along the shore of The Congamond Lakes' Middle Pond. For Babb's Beach was once an entertainment hotbed and there are hopes … [Read more...]
Books by the Falls (Closed)
The Falls of Man Books by the Falls, Derby This place was absorbed by another business and then just sort of faded away. Nobody reads books anymore. Personally, I used to read maybe 30-35 books a year, but thanks to 2020 being the most insane timeline, I find myself staring at screens following the reality show … [Read more...]
The Hartford Gun Club
Bangin' The Hartford Gun Club Oldest Gun Club in America, East Granby & Windsor There are very few pages out of the (literally!) thousands here on CTMQ where I don't actually do the thing I'm writing about. This is one of those rare pages and I'm not even a little bit sore about it. Okay, maybe I am a … [Read more...]
Kent Memorial Library
Suffield, Not Kent Kent Memorial Library Suffield There are a bunch of museums (and "museums") at libraries around the state. There are art galleries within lots of libraries. There's the oldest public library in the United States in Salisbury. And there are still several Carnegie Libraries worth noting. … [Read more...]
Six Flags New England
You Can See Connecticut From Here Six Flags New England August 2019 I know, I know... Six Flags is in Agawam and Agawam is in Massachusetts. But goshdarnit, Six Flags' property is right on the Connecticut border at Suffield! And as the title above says, Connecticut is easily seen at the top of many attractions … [Read more...]
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Boooo! The Haunting in Connecticut, 2009 Straight up: I'm not a horror film fan. Sure, there are a few I've liked. From the campy fun (Evil Dead) to the cool (The Ring) to the not-really-horror (Get Out). By and large, they're all terrible. I simply don't enjoy torture and gore and cheap scares. The … [Read more...]
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