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Film was expensive, so as a kid I always tried to get the most out of each roll even if that meant attempting just one more shot after the numbers stopped showing in the little red window in back of the camera. Sometimes it worked and other times, not so well.
As it turns out, the abandoned building which I clearly remembered from the 1970s, but have no photos of, was once Rocco's Apizza and Italian restaurant serving the Woodmont beachside community for decades.
If your browser supports Flickr Notes, I've added a number of them to this photo of downtown Woodmont from the late 1960s.
The camera was loaded up with a 126 film cartridge of Kodak's Verichrome Pan. Back in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, there was a large Russian community in Woodmont. Most lived on Beach Avenue, Mont Street, Hawley Avenue and Village Road. My parents were friends with all of them.
Once a beach resort for tourists from the 1870 through the 1950s, the shoreline was still lined with dozens of 19th century beach cottages. Some were full-time residences and others were summer houses for people from New Haven and even as far away as New York City.
Very few of these cottages still exist as most of them have been replaced with modern houses and McMansions.
If your browser supports Flickr Notes, I've added a number of them explaining what used to be there during my childhood in the 1960s and later teen years in the 1970s.
My Dad took this Kodachrome slide using his 1950s Kodak Retina 35mm camera. It's just amazing how much gentrification took place in this neighborhood starting the late 1980s and going forward.
My girlfriend's kid sister was hilarious. She was one of those siblings that would go to almost any length to annoy and get the attention of both of her older sisters. She was also able to perform a perfect imitation of her mom scolding the three girls when they were misbehaving. Her humor and timing were spot on! One of the funniest little kids I ever met.
Back when Rock Street between Merwin and Seabreeze Avenues was actually paved with rocks. This is one of the hundreds of Kodachrome slides my Dad took.