The Merrills again operated this diner for quite a few years before selling it to new owners who ran it until recently. Needless to say they were ecstatic! They were able to complete the diner and open it.īobby’s Girl Diner, photo by Larry Cultrera and I immediately told them I was willing to sell them for short money as I had no plans for them. They were being stored at my mother’s home in Medford, Mass. They wanted me to explain how I knew and I told them I had 2 just like them that had been removed from WLC #849, the former Georgetown Diner (now operating as Fat Boy’s Diner in London, England).
Ironically I told them that the person who told them that these were not factory installed was basically wrong. They were not the typical stools that Worcester used. They said that someone had told them that the stools in the diner were not original factory installed stools, and I would almost agree. They asked me if I knew where they could get 2 stools like that. Someone had broken into the diner and ripped them right out of the floor!
I told them when I saw it on Long Island 2 years before, it still had them. They pointed out that the diner was missing 2 stools over on the left end of the counter. The attached buildings were being built and they were there with a contractor. Not long after the diner got on it’s new foundation I stopped in to talk with the Merrills whom I had met a few years before. WLC #850, soon to be Bobby’s Girl Diner, circa 1994 photo The diner was moved ironically within walking distance of my wife Denise’s sister and brother-in-law’s home in New Hampton, NH where I photographed it right after it got on site……. They finally settled on WLC #850 and purchased it from Alexis Stewart. They sold that diner after a couple of years to operate a different business but within a year or so decided they missed running the diner and started looking for another one. Circa 1990, the Merrill’s had successfully moved, set-up and operated the former Bell’s Pond Diner, (long closed in upstate New York) as Glory Jean’s Diner in Rumney, NH (now Plain Jane’s Diner). In 1994 Bob and Gloria Merrill decided to get back into the diner business. WLC #850 sitting in Bridgehampton, NY, June 1992 photo The diner ended up sitting in a field for 2 years. It did not fit into their town apparently. Stewart had the diner transported to Bridgehampton, NY on Long Island where she hoped to get approval to set it up as The Delish Diner. Her plans ran into a roadblock when the town fathers basically dragged their feet and eventually nixed the concept. The deal with Fat Boy’s Diners did not pan out and the diner was actually sold to Alexis Stewart, daughter of Martha Stewart. where it awaited possible sale to the Fat Boy’s Diner chain in England. This did not last long either and the diner was again moved, this time into storage at O.B Hill’s yard in Natick, Mass. WLC #850 as the front of Sh-Booms Dance Club, Aug. After a brief time, Sh-Booms closed and it morphed into a different night club and the diner was sort of disguised.
It then was moved to South Weymouth, Mass. Lloyd’s Diner ready to leave Johnston, RI, circa 1988 photo Lloyd’s Diner of Johnston, RI circa 1980’s photo by Larry Cultrera It operated as Lloyd’s Diner until it closed in 1988.
6) in Johnston, RI and the owner was Lloyd Hopkins (of No. When this diner left the Worcester Lunch car factory in May of 1957, it was delivered to 2760 Hartford Avenue (U.S. I have photos of this diner dating back to the early 1980’s covering almost its entire history. Besides Plain Jane’s Diner, The Route 104 Diner joins 2 others within this group, The Tilt’n Diner of Tilton, NH and The Airport Diner of Manchester, NH. Reopened Octoafter some cleaning and updating, the Route 104 Diner is actually being run as a venture between Plain Jane’s Diner of Rumney, NH and Alex Ray’s Common Man family of restaurants based in the Granite State. The last diner completed by the legendary Worcester Lunch Car Company (WLC #850), had been operating as Bobby’s Girl Diner since it was placed at this site in 1994, was bought at the auction by Alex Ray and is now trading as the Route 104 Diner. Last year the diner located on Route 104 in New Hampton, NH was auctioned after being closed for a short time. Worcester Lunch Car #850 now known as Route 104 Diner
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