In the (C)Old Days A frozen Bay could be fun, too. Families went out skating and sledding on the ice. Some years ago, I asked Edwina Murphy to describe what she recalled of winter activities in the Tilghman area and she responded with the following essay, entitled “Skating Holes.” “The freezing weather this winter brought back memories of ice skating and ‘skating holes,’ as we called them. My mother, and all the families in Barneck, skated Broad Cove and Black Walnut Cove. There was a pond near the north radar tower, called Buck Hole, that is now in the Bay.
Ice dredging. When Broad Cove was dredged, the spoils went north of Barneck Road, where the Cove comes up close to the road. Before the phragmites took over, that area was a great place for young children to skate, because it wasn’t deep enough to cause worry. On the Bayside, somewhere in the Pawpaw Cove area, was another
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