Bayport and its immediate vicinity in Islip on the south shore of Long Island have some deep ties to history. There’s the Bayport Aerodrome with its vintage airplanes, the Meadowcroft Estate of John Ellis Roosevelt, and the roadside sphinx of the Anchorage Inn from the early 1900s. But what would all this mean to a teenager in the early 1980s? Today we find out with Bayport native Rob Walch who grew up in the area during the age of video games and the Islanders dynasty.

It’s local history through one man’s life, from a part-time job at Satelite Pizza to a position on the high school rifle team to clandestine forays into the Girl Scout camp next door.

Further Research

• Bayport Aerodrome Society
• Camp Edey
• Meadowcroft
• Satelite Pizza
• A Brief History of the Hardy Boys
• Intro music: https://homegrownstringband.com/
• Outro music: Capering by Blue Dot Sessions CC BY-NC 4.0
• Audio Footnotes:
  • The Sphinx: Episode 9
  • Bayport Aerodrome: Episode 94
  • La Salle Military Academy: Episode 41