Willett Pond — Attraction in Walpole

I grew up at 91 Bruce Road, Walpole, and spent Summers swimming in Willetts Pond, and winters skating on a frozen Willets Pond. In those days, it was known as “New Pond” to us.

On early summer morning, my best friend, Margie Waterman, and I would ride horseback down Fisher and North Street , turn onto Brook Street, following it to Bullard Street, to Main Street, and back to Margie’s family’s home where the horses were stabled. We would time our rides to return when the Howard Johnson’s Ice Cream Stand on Main Street had just opened. Margie and I would each get a preferred flavor ice cream cone and we’d by a vanilla ice cream cone for each...

No real place to go and see the pond, surrounded my private property, went to a church parking lot and went down a small hill to see the water, thought there would be a place to walk around but it was just the trees at the bottom of the hill...

I gave 5 stars sue to the quality of fish I caught.. I caught a 21 inch large mouth bass and also a pretty large catfish I didn't measure it butbit was bigger then the...