Re: Duckpin Bowling
Ah, yes, "Smellington". Elllington was a real farming community, even when I lived there (I used to say, truthfully, that I lived 4 houses from the town green, just across from the cornfield!). On spring days, when the farmers had spread chicken manure fertilizer on their fields, it could get pretty pungent, all right. Still, I loved that town--I used to take long walks in the country, pick wild berries right up the street next to the high school, and we had a big garden, since our rented duplex was on a large lot that was once part of a farm. It has gotten more suburban and yuppier since I lived there more than 20 years ago, but it's still a nice area. Podunk, if you lived in the next town over, it could have been in one of many towns (Rockville, Stafford Springs, Tolland and many others)--Ellington didn't have many people, but it bordered on more towns--7, I think--than any other town in the state.
UConn has also grown and changed. It has about twice as many buildings, the parking garages, and of course Gampel instead of the old Field House. I wonder if they ever fixed the library? It kept falling apart, windows and panels coming off all the time, facade cracking, leaks all over the place. The last time I was there, 5 or 6 years ago, they still had sections cordoned off and entrances closed. Both Huskies basketball teams are #1 in the country again!
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