val189 wrote:
> On Dec 25, 11:14 am, Gloria P > wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Are you, by chance, from Fall River, Massachusetts Gloria? I was
>>> stationed across the river from there in 1959-60 and enjoyed going to
>>> the Portuguese restaurants when I was on liberty from Newport, RI. I
>>> ended up well-fed after those trips.
>> Close! New Bedford, ~15 miles away. Emeril is from F.R.
>> (Fall Riverites talk funny.)
>
> You mean "uppa da Flint?" (Fall River tawk)
>
> Across the street from the Whaling Museum was a wonderful little hole
> in the wall resto in the late 80s - served good fish chowdah.

There are a number of small hole-in-the-wall restaurants near the docks
which used to serve the fishing crews, who are pretty fussy about their
seafood.

It is so long since I've lived there (1965) I don't remember anything
across from the Museum except the Seaman's Bethel church with lists
on plaques of boats from the harbor which have sunk, with lists of crew
members. I knew a few of them, school friends who went into their
family fishing business. The George's Banks fishing ground doesn't
allow for bad judgment or mistakes in foul weather.

The church also is mentioned at the beginning of Moby Dick, with the
pulpit which has the rope ladder which the officiant pulls up after
he climbs it, like an old ship's ladder. Eastern Massachusetts is
steeped in history.

Our high school mascot was a Whaleman and the teams were Whalers.

gloria p