Thursday Thirteen


Thirteen Things About Me and Falmouth Massachusetts

1 Falmouth was incorporated in 1686. It was originally a Whaling Village.
2. It is 44.52 square miles.
3. The county is Barnstable County and each year they have a huge fair. It is possibly the best county fair in Massachusetts!
4. The five largest employers in town are, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; Falmouth Hospital; the Steamship Authority; the Town of Falmouth; and Marine Biological Laboratories.
5. I was raised in Falmouth, although I was born in Wareham, MA because Falmouth Hospital hadn’t been built yet.
6. My Dad taught school in Falmouth from the early 1950’s until 1986. So he had many parents of the kids I went to school with as students. That was very weird.
7. Falmouth has the most beautiful beaches on Cape Cod and most of my childhood was spent on them. I loved to swim. In fact when I was really small they had to tie a rope to me to keep me from swimming away.
8. My favorite beach is Surf Drive Beach. It had the “Baby Pool” where we all learned to swim, The medium swim area on the left where you went when you were a bit more advanced and then on the right the longest expanse of beach where they had a raft. That was the best!
9. I was the first child in Falmouth Hospital’s Pediatric Ward when it opened, when my appendix ruptured. I was three and a half years old. I can still remember watching Captain Kangaroo through the bars on the “crib” they made me sleep in!
10. Both of my children were born in that hospital!
11. I graduated from Falmouth High School in 1976.
12. I married my first husband at one church in Falmouth, and my second husband, Hubby at another, of course, not at the same time.
13. I still dream of Falmouth. Mostly I dream of walking on the beaches.

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19 thoughts on “Thursday Thirteen”

  1. Hi Mom,

    Just a quick note to say have a great day! I’m headed to MGH in Boston today for a visit. My last day of work before vaca! Weeehooooo!

    Love you,

    Mandy

  2. Even when I lived in MA, I didn’t spend much time at the Cape. I went there once, actually.

    And forgive me, but the thought of your dad teaching there in the 1050’s is tickling me.

  3. I LOVE the Barnstable County Fair – do you know the dates this year? I grew up summering in Falmouth and going to Old Silver Beach (which is also where I got engaged!). I love Falmouth too!

  4. Wow, your dad taught school for a loooong time. Like about 830 years! Sorry, but I had to point that out.

    Falmouth sounds like a wonderful place to grow.

  5. What a wonderful list.

    Doesn’t it surprise you how many interesting things you find out when you start digging?

    My 13 are up too.

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