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Originally Posted by testme97
I remember that newspaper article, but part of the change was also that they opened up more of the road and more parking, so it was a lot easier to get out to the nude area.
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I don't remember ANY details of the article, OMG that was a long time ago! Maybe, maybe not, the article you saw was one at a later date because:
What I
DO remember was that back around 80 - 82, at least for a period of time, to proceed beyond the guard-house in the roadway island, you needed to claim to be a fisherman and get a fisherman's day-pass. Once I was asked to produce fishing gear! Of course I had none, got kicked out and had to go to the regular beach and walk a mile or two up the beach! And for a period of time the guard would just wave EVERYONE through, and spot check for fishing gear. Maybe that's where I had got nabbed. So for a period of time after that, I always had some fishing gear with me. That was at least '82, as I remember the new or fairly new '82 car I had at the time.
I also remember around that era, one Sunday there was a serious building fire out near the tip of Sandy Hook, no one allowed past the guard-shack for any reason. Seems the core-group regulars took it upon themselves to deem the area a couple hundred yards north of the last regular beach (Beach E?) as the temporary nude beach. No one got hassled. That was cool.
And I THINK I recall the name of the naturist club that got the ball rolling, held the nude rally at Gunnison, hence to whom we owe gratitude. Tri-state Naturists? Or, tri-state metro naturists? whatever. I wouldn't stake my life on that information though.
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