Monday, November 3, 2014

Roma at Highlands NJ. Madame Stanley's Table

Twin Lights Historic Site
Lighthouse Road, Highlands NJ

Venerable communities recalled.  For me, growing up, summers in Highlands at my grandmother's cottage there, still able to place in my mind each piece of furniture: this one a particular favorite.



Madame Stanley and a group of Roma camped at Highlands, year after year.  They made furniture, among other occupations, and Grandma bought this fine table one for the front porch at her Portland Road bungalow.  Grandma and Madame Stanley:  good friends.

Next trip to the NY - Sandy Hook area, plan to visit the Twin Light Lighthouse, Highlands NJ.  The historical society has set up a Museum at the Twin lights.  This branch of the McConaghy-Scharfe gang is sorry not to have kept more from those days.   Historical Museum at Twin Lights. Twin Light. Historical Society.  On a clear day, we could see NYC.