"Captain Windy" was the peg-legged pirate that greeted visitors of the Riverview Inn fish camp on the Catawba River near Gastonia, North Carolina, as well as the country-western singing host of the 1960s WBTV Charlotte childrens show, "Adventures in Pirate Cove (1961 to 1964).
The Riverview Inn was started by Irwen W. Burns, Sr. in 1946 and served the public until it closed in December of 2012. The restaurant's host Captain Windy would greet children with "Ahoy, Little Mate."
Here is a photographic slide of Gilbert Lail Winchester as his alter ego "Captain Windy" entertaining children at the Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library.
To learn more about Gilbert Winchester visit BT Memories: A project by and for fans and former employees of WBT and WBTV, Charlotte, North Carolina.
http://btmemories.com/articles/people/captain_windy/capt_windy.html
Brian Brown, Librarian, Local History & Genealogy
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