And Ellen Shove being one of the 1890 tour ladies too I believe. Seems she also never married.
Bobbie is not telling the part about a flashing blue light coming down Prospect Street, nor that this was about midnight and the gates are now, for the first time in my memory locked at dusk. There was a breathless gasp until we all realized that the flashing blue light approaching was turning into the Charlton hospital. I also learned one must be thin to squeeze into Oak Grove, and that a cellphone light is just the thing for seeing those white outlined black arrows on the road leading to the Borden plot in the dark. Just so you know for future reference.
Okay, now I am seriously envious of Bobbie and the others!!!
I wanna go visit Lizzie's house!
Is it true there's a years'-long waiting list to stay at the Borden B&B??
I wanna sleep in Lizzie's room and the infamous guest bedroom--also maybe take a little nap on Andrew's sofa --altho if it's anything like my grandma's old horsehair sofa you slide off as soon as you sit down lol!
Oh no- usually it is only August 4th and October 31st which fill up fast and book a year in advance.. August weekends are also pretty busy. If you have a date in mind, I can check availability. The guestroom is the favorite room, followed by Lizzie's. The current black sofa is velvet, not horsehair so you will not slide off. The original B&B sofa is now in the barn and is horsehair and somewhat smaller. Both are very comfy for catnaps-it is good to wake up though. I hope you will come soon! April, May and October are the very nicest months to come- before the heat and tourist rush.
I visited Lizzie's house in December. It was just THE BEST. I didn't stay but someday I will. My niece (from TX) wanted to see it. So when we went we all had a great time. Her & I want to stay, our husbands aren't up for it!!! So the next time she's up this way her & we would probably stay for an overnight. So now when I'm reading anything about Lizzie it's really great to be able to visualize just where in the house they are talking about.
Thank you Steve S. I read to the beginning of the forum and linked onto the story of Sarah Cornell. That was an unbelievable story. Even way back in high school (way back) a few friends & I always stopped at the old cemeteries & very carefully did stone rubbing & just loved to read the old stones. Some are quite a work of art. The most interesting cemeteries are the small family ones you would find in the woods where they looked like small private family plots. I used to think that we were really off the wall to enjoy this type of hobby. Glad to hear other people do the same. Up here in New England in the really old towns from the 1600's it amazes me that the stones can still be read.
Yes, the 1892 one was indeed lost in storage. I wrote that the original B&B sofa- the one Martha McGinn bought back in 1995 is still around and was recovered twice over the years. Horsehair fabric is still easily found.
My fondest memory of the B & B, besides seeing Shelley as Lizzie ,was sitting in the "pahlah" eating a snack and just imagining what it was like when the whole gang was assembled there and mayor Coughlin told his oh so important "news" to Lizzie. I had just come from St. Patrick's cemetary seeing Mayor Coughlin's grave.
In memory of....Laddie Miller, Royal Nelson and Donald Stewart, Lizzie Borden's dogs. "Sleeping Awhile."
Oh- our close up was at the FR Historical Society late at night and we were being too silly on the loveseat in front of the gazebo. The Victorian garden is especially pretty at night- although it was a little nippy. I always think wandering around after the traffic is nearly nil, under the stars is the best way to see the city. The one way streets and the natives' penchant for whizzing like mad up and down their hills with a heavy gas foot makes for tense oogling during the day- and I am forever stopping to leap out with a camera, pausing to ponder some architectural trifle and generally annoying the population.
Shelley - I tend to agree, the night time hours are the best to get around and see Fall River. Plus one can go out cruising around in jammies too. Nothing better than annoying the general population in jammies....
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Shelley, do you ever get weird looks or comments from people who don't know what's going on when you go about in your Victorian garb? Or is it commonplace like it is in Harpers Ferry or Gettysburg?
It is amazing- people know "Lizzie" everywhere. Policemen wave, kids hoot and point, cars pull over and give a friendly toot, the fireman sitting out in front of the firehouse at the corner of Troy and Bedford holler and cry out "Hey Lizzie" -geez, she has become like the beloved mascot.
I have a new copper tafetta walking suit to wear to the FRHS bridal shower Saturday. The bride wanted "Lizzie with leg-o'muttons" please. When I told her I had LONG ago passed the age of Lizzie-still did not matter. So I am going to say my ordeal in Taunton jail aged me 23 years and added fifty pounds! I wonder what Lizzie would think of the affection the city now holds for her.
--altho if it's anything like my grandma's old horsehair sofa you slide off as soon as you sit down lol! 
,was sitting in the "pahlah" eating a snack and just imagining what it was like when the whole gang was assembled there and mayor Coughlin told his oh so important "news" to Lizzie. I had just come from St. Patrick's cemetary seeing Mayor Coughlin's grave.
