I just wanted to tell you what an absolute fantastic job you have done on your website. Starting in 1972 through to about 1980 we used to go to Banner Lodge for our summer vacation. We really grew to love that place & I still have some really great memories of time spent there.I learned back in the late 80's that the Banner family was closing the lodge & developing condos there. I was really concerned it would be gone for good & all the charm of that place would be lost too. I have gone back several times in the last few years & it is so incredibly sad to see what has become of Banner Lodge. I was just there last week & nothing has changed since the first time I was there.
I decided to do a web search of Moodus to see if I could find any old pics or anything about Banner Lodge & I came upon your website. It is very impressive & I really enjoyed reading all about the urban renewal in Moodus & the history.
Even with Banner Lodge no longer in business the Moodus area is still one of my favorite parts of the state. Again, thanks for the great website & thanks for recognizing a part of my past that I thought was all but forgotten about.
-Joe
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I TOTALLY agree with you Joe. My aunts used to take my sister, my cousin, and I to Banner Lodge from 1980 to about 1984. I can't tell you the good memories we have of it there, and how unbelievably sad it was to learn of its closing. Then to SEE everything being torn down. SUCH A SHAME. I wonder what Jack would think if he knew :-(
Donna
Donna!
Speaking of happy memories.... Of my nearly twenty summers as a “Banner brat”, three of my happiest memories were named Donna, Valerie, and Joan. I often wonder if I’m remembered by three of the sweetest, funniest, lovely girls to ever visit Moodus.
Bob
baubcat@yahoo.com
Hey Joe,
Jack Mathers was my dad. You’re not kidding about his wardrobe! You should have seen his closet. I sometimes wondered if I was living with Liberace. Sadly he passed in 2015 at a ripe old 96. He was a character right up to the end. So was it me (born in ‘64) or my brother Jackie (‘52) that you hung with? I knew so many kids who visited every summer; more than a few named Joe.
Bob
baubcat@yahoo.com
Hey Joe,
Jack Mathers was my dad. You’re not kidding about his wardrobe! You should have seen his closet. I sometimes wondered if I was living with Liberace. Sadly he passed in 2015 at a ripe old 96. He was a character right up to the end. So was it me (born in ‘64) or my brother Jackie (‘52) that you hung with? I knew so many kids who visited every summer; more than a few named Joe.
Bob
baubcat@yahoo.com
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