It has been updated as of April 2007
THE FRONT DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN SO I STUCK MY CAMERA INSIDE IT WITH MY FEET STILL ON THE
FRONT STEPS AND SNAPPED THIS NEXT ONE
TIANA BAY
UPDATE APRIL 2007 :
I received this very interesting e mail the other day from one Barry McConnell that said : I stumbled on your site while looking for info on my maternal relatives surnamed Penny. I'm amazed at the time and effort you must have put into tracing the Knapps. I grew up in Hampton bays (H.B.H.S. Class of '65). You will no doubt be interested to know that my great-aunt, Elizabeth Lesster, owned the house on Corwin Lane that Joe Knapp rented for years. Elizabeth was my mother's aunt and knew Joe and his wife well. My mother didn't know either of them but said that Joe's wife was quite attractive. Elizabeth's son, William C. Lesster Jr. was best friends with Bradley Newcombe, who married one of Joe's nieces. Subsequent e mails with Barry revealed that this cottage, I photographed in 2002 was indeed the home Joe & Marion Knapp rented prior to buying their next and last home that follows below. Back in 2002, I assumed the Knapps probably lived in the Big House on the Hill (That belonged to the Lessters) but experience has taught me never assume anything about the Knapps. However as you can tell by the text written in 2002 I just had a feeling about this one cottage over the second one that was next to it. I only took one photo of the other cottage. Today both might still be standing but not for long as there are going be new condos or something of that nature built there. I also discovered that Barry was a frequenter of the Palm Terrace night club in Riverhead during the mid 60's when my band the Continentals was playing there. And if that wasn't all .... he told me that he and Doug Percoco the bass player in The Continentals both dated the same girl back then!!! Mr. Brad Newcombe btw was the husband of the late Margaret Penney Newcombe (Claire Knapp's eldest daughter) when Margaret won Best In Show at Westminster with "Ricky" her prized whippet in 1964. |