Meriden and Beyond...

[Dean Romig]

Bill, Dave and I were discussing the fact that a Marvin Huey case for that gun would be pretty dear but it needs its own case at any rate... if for no other reason than to prevent any of the sets of barrels from becoming separated from the gun.

Don't know if the building is for sale any longer - there are no signs on it or near it that would indicate so.

BTW, you may be interested to know that a friend of my daughter and her husband have bought the old Davies' property here in Andover. I've offered my services in informing them of the history of that place. They should get it listed on the National Register of Historic Places - maybe there are funds available to repair and rejuvenate the Glen Rock Kennels houses.

[Parkerman]

Has there been a PGCA Meeting held in Meriden? Seems like a natural

[Autumn Daze]

Linn,There hasn't been a formal PGCA Annual Meeting there but in 2003 we a PGCA Meriden Homecoming it was a great day. Dave Noreen posted some pictures of it a couple threads up from here.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

Dave Noreen posted some pictures of it a couple threads up from here.

The BH, third from the top in that rack is yours isn't it Dave? Was it yours at the time of the photo?

[Autumn Daze]

Ya Dean,Thats the old girl...She was mine then too.That gun spent it entire life on the left coast until about ten years ago... The straight grip backaction above it was mine also but someone had to have it and now its gone...

The gravesite restoration article was in two or three parts if memory serves..I have my original drafts around here someplace.

[Dean Romig]

It was written up in the next issue, July/Aug 2003 of Parker Pages but had been announced in previous issues such as May/June 2003. That was before the current glossy magazine we have today when the "newsletter" was a compilation of as many as twenty-eight pages stapled together at the upper left corner.

In an attempt to find this information I thumbed through these copies and found some great reading! "Charles A. King" by Dave Suponski, "Parker Family Grave Site Restoration Project" also by Dave, That's the one with the pictures I remembered - the Sept/Oct 2002 issue. Also "Who Was George Rockwell?" by Ron Kirby - I saw on the other side of King's obelisk Rockwell's own obituary data carved into the stone equally as nicely as was King's and Ron wrote about that too. An extremely in-depth article "The Parker Half Frame" was researched and written by Ron Kirby and Harry Sanders - a very well-researched article.

This is wonderful stuff and some of it has been revisited recently but I would encourage everyone who doesn't have all of the old Parker Pages to order the DVDs and read all of this invaluable old information. This stuff isn't lost to those who only recently joined the PGCA - you can get it all on DVD. I've received my DVD and can't get over the fantastic job Robin Lewis did in putting it all together in a very professionally done archive.

[Dean Romig]

Who displayed that pretty little .410 on the bottom?

[charlie cleveland]

always wanted me a parker 410. guess what went out and bought me a 410 stevens .... boy i saved a bundle. ha. charlie

[Autumn Daze]

Dean,It was the Connecticut collector of Parker.410's that we spoke of on Saturday.That was one of four or five he displayed.

[Dean Romig]

Ahhhh, so! I should have known.