NYC area oldtimers question

[Pops]

Back in the mid seventies when I started learning about nudism there was a club located in Glen Gardner, NJ. It was located on Rt. 31 I think.
I was naive enough at the time to actually drive around that way in hopes of finding the place.
I don't see any listing at all for such a club and figure it fell by the wayside.

Does anyone here recollect such a place and the name of it?

[Pops]

Back in the mid seventies when I started learning about nudism there was a club located in Glen Gardner, NJ. It was located on Rt. 31 I think.
I was naive enough at the time to actually drive around that way in hopes of finding the place.
I don't see any listing at all for such a club and figure it fell by the wayside.

Does anyone here recollect such a place and the name of it?

[Walt Iliff]

I think that was the location of the old "Circle H" club, owned by Earl and Lucille Hanson. It has been gone for many years. Great club though.

Walt

[harveym]

Our first introduction to nudism was at the Circle-H. This was when Earl and Lucille Hanson were first starting out. I think it was about 1962. When they opened all they had for swimming was a 'mud hole'. Earl was a machinist for his full time occupation. He had an accident at his job that removed some fingers. The insurance settlement was enough to finance a new pool and some other improvements. Lucille was a really dynamic and outgoing person. She was one of the first to try to 'spread the word'. She often appeared on talk shows on TV. She was also responsible for producing a nude play at the club to which the public was invited.
Sadly, Earl developed a brain tumor that eventually killed him. I was told that Lucille moved to Florida and the Circle-H was out of business.

[usuallylurk]

A great many nudist parks in suburban areas have bitten the dust owing to outrageous real estate appreciation.

Many nudist parks were built in the 1950s or earlier. The interstate highway system was not yet built. Land was cheap. Suburban sprawl had not yet kicked in, in a lot of places.

And when the population got out to where the park is, the owners -- often the surviving adult children of the founders -- sell up and cash in.

Many of today's cooperatively held parks -- Pine Tree, Glen Eden, Mountain Air Ranch (was privately held but willed to the members by the owner when he passed on), Solair, etc. would likely NEVER survive today if they were privately held by an owner or family-owner.

The real estate would be much too valuable to be used for a nudist park.