VIEWS OF LONGWOOD ROAD
Longwood Road circa 1914. Photo by Albert Bayles.
Albert's motor wheel bike on the road
Longwood Road 1917. Sometimes it's just easier to lift the car over the tree.
Longwood Road. Town workers widening road at top of hill, circa 1930. Photo from the Donald Bayles Collection.
Cutting back the hill, 1938.
Sleigh riding down Longwood Road, 1947, photo from the collection of Donald Bayles.
Sleigh riding down Longwood Road, 1947, from the collection of Donald Bayles.
Longwood Road served as a popular sleigh riding hill in the 1920s. The local youth would park their cars with headlights illuminating the hill as they raced down. In more recent times you can still slide down the hill with your car on any given icy morning.