Throwback Thursday - Gilbert and Barker Days at Mountain Park

When I was young, my Aunt Dot worked at Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield.   Every year they had "Gilbert & Barker Day" at Mountain Park.  It was a day where employees could bring their friends and family to spend a day at Mountain Park free of charge.  I remember it as being one of the best days of the summer.

These are pictures that Dot took over the years at Gilbert and Barker Day.

1957 - Deb, Maureen and Linda Lockerby

1957 - Dot with her friend Jane Starzyk (who also worked at Gilbert and Barker).

1962 - Bob and Don Lundstrom in first boat

Lynda Lundstrom and Deb in second boat

1962 - Left to right Bob Lundstrom, Donna and Debbie Waite, Don and Lynda Lundstrom

1962 - Left to right Bob and Lynda Lundstrom, Donna Waite, Don Lundstrom

In 1965 Gilbert and Barker closed their factory in West Springfield and relocated their headquarters and US manufacturing facility to Greensboro, North Carolina.  As Dot did not want to relocate, she was out of a job.  She found a new job, also in West Springfield, at the John H. Breck, Inc.  They made Breck shampoo.  No more Gilbert and Barker Days at Mountain Park, but now we always had lots of different types of shampoo and hair products.  Dot worked there until she retired in March 1987.