We’re enjoying a great Labor Day Weekend here at the top of the Chesapeake Bay. With temperature in the low 80s and brilliant Sunshine, we took the opportunity to drive around some old beaches and harbors at the top of the bay. Betterton Beach had a great crowd out enjoying the perfect Sunday, but back to Cecil County. White Crystal Beach was one of the shore resorts that drew crowds from the nearby urban areas for a large part of the 20th century. Here’s a telephone directory advertisement for the beach from the 1940 Cecil County Directory. Below that you will see a photo of the Manor House at White Crystal Beach.
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Jim Fox // September 4, 2009 at 11:23 pm |
Thanks for the old photos!
For more photos and stories about Crystal Beach Manor, follow the link below.
http://crystalbeachreunion.blogspot.com/
Jim Fox
Mike // September 5, 2009 at 9:58 pm |
Jim:
Thanks for letting me know about the Crystal Beah Reunion Blog. I’ll put an announcement up on this blog about it shortly. Very nice work with that and it’s so important to share these sorts of things. Of ocurse, blogs make it so easy to do today.
Good work and thanks. I’ll add some links and an announcement shortly.
Jim // September 7, 2009 at 3:12 am |
Mike
That would be great to add a link. I’ll let the lady that hosts the blog know. Her name is Debbie. One has to go back to older posts in the “guestbook” section to read about stories and memories of our old gang of beachbums. Likewise in the photos… lots of old pics.
Our reunion is over… we ought to change the name, maybe make it a website to get more activity.
Thanks, Mike.
- Jim Fox
Mike // September 7, 2009 at 11:17 am |
Jim:
Do encourage them to turn that into a digital or virtual museum. It’s something I’m trying to get other historical societies to do for it’s the way to share historical info today. You folks did a great job of putting that together so it’ll be good to have it out there. And you’re right, might be a good idea to change the name to reflect where things stand now.
Have yo collected any oral histories?
Thanks for letting me know about it.
Mike
cgrugan // September 28, 2009 at 7:09 am |
I Currently have a place at White Crystal beach (the priate side, or as some locals call it, the compound). I’ve been collecting information on it’s history a lot lately and have been speaking with the owers who I am very close friends with. They are very elderly and may not be around much longer. I was thinking about getting them to talk about the history on tape so it’s not lost. They have told me a lot already, there more history there than I thought…
Mike // September 28, 2009 at 9:37 am |
Definitely get them top talk to you and record the conversations so you can capture that aspect of the past at White Crystal Beach. It is so good to gather this data as you’re doing.
Mike