BY SPECIAL REQUEST----A LOOK BACK AT A CROTON MOTHER'S DAY 1981

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton-on-Hudson: our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship -- in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

With Mother's Day around the corner, (Sunday May 12th), the blog has had a special request for all things MOTHER'S DAY-----and in particular, this blast from Croton Mother's Day Past, 1981...

COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY...with mention of Swanson's, Croton Colonial and more long- ago businesses...oh...and those costumed mice that were the subject of much discussion locally a few years back. Click on the images.