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Night vision #6. Tent Village woman

Posted in Ocean Grove tent village, tagged on July 6, 2026|

Ocean Grove tent village. Labor Day weekend. Sept.  2018. Paul Goldfinger photograph.©  Click to enlarge.

 

BOBBY SHORT.   “Penthouse Serenade.”  From his album  Songs of New York.

 

 

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Around town with Jean: the back streets of Tent Village

Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Activity, Ocean Grove historical preservation, Ocean Grove tent colony, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography at The Jersey Shore, tagged on April 19, 2023|

Ocean Grove Tent Village.  Photo by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. 5/11/17.

 

Jean says, “The little paths between the rows of tents are quaint.
You walk down, and there’s the Great Auditorium in all her splendor.

“They soon will be occupied, and personal touches will embellish each tent.
It won’t be long now.”

 

RICKY NELSON: from the movie soundtrack of Pulp Fiction.  Tent Village is a lonesome town until the occupiers begin to show up on May 15.   Then it springs to life—it is a community within a community having its own rhythms and even its own customs. Kids love it there.

By June 1, it is  no longer a lonesome town.  —-PG

 

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Lights are on at Tent Village, Ocean Grove…

Posted in Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged on December 30, 2022|

 

 

Memorial Day weekend in the Grove.   May 28, 2017. Paul Goldfinger photo.  Click for a closer view.

 

THE HAUNTED WINDCHIMES.    “May”

Momma let me tell you bout the one I love
She’s the prettiest girl I ever did see
Lover above all the rest
Someday soon I’ll make my queen
I put flower in her hair and maybugs on her door
When I come a callin, baby I won’t let go
And I know she’s the one I’ve been lookin for
Searched all over and more
Oh my darlin, oh my love
Burn like a fire in my core

 

 

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