Call it a reunion for people who may have never met.

Manchester native Pete Baker has a dream. The former Queen City resident (who now lives in the Catskill region of New York state) wants to throw a cookout in his old hometown for all his friends — he just needs to find a venue big enough to hold all of them.

All 4,500 of them.

Baker is part of a Facebook group called “Things I Remember Growing Up in Manchester, NH”, and hopes to organize a Reunion Cookout somewhere in the city for all his “Friends.”

“Right now this is mostly a dream, a work in progress,” said Baker. “I'm not even sure how many people would attend something like this. I moved from Manchester in 1970, but I still have much interest and many ties in the city.”

Baker said when he joined the Facebook group (where people share memories of life once upon a time in the Queen City), started by Manchester native Susan (McKee) Peters from her home in Billings, Mont., it had just over 1,300 members. After the page was featured in the New Hampshire Union Leader in 2011 in John Clayton's 'In the City' column, the number of members shot up over 4,000.

As the page grew in popularity, Baker (a 1957 graduate of Webster Street School) began floating the idea of hosting a cookout where everyone could come out from behind the keyboard and meet in person.

“As the group grew from 1,300 to over 4,500, I started to think about bringing people together physically by having the group organize a cookout,” said Baker. “My experiences with my Lenox High School and my Webster Elementary School reunions are the catalysts. A 'Things I Remember Growing Up in Manchester' Reunion Cookout has the potential to be much larger than the 150 participants at the annual Lenox reunions or the smaller 55 attendees at each of the Webster Class of '57 reunions. I can't even begin to guess a number. That is why I am reaching out for support from those who may have had experience in dealing with a gathering of between 300 and 500 people.”

Baker is currently gauging interest in such a cookout. He was contacted radio stations WGAM and WZID (he says the former is fully behind the idea, while the latter has yet to commit). He says he has also reached out to officials.

“I have sent letters to Mayor Ted Gatsas, Alderwoman Barbara Cartier Shaw and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce,” Baker said. “I have no replies from them yet.”

While unsure of exactly how many may attend such a cookout, Baker said he is considering such venues as Gill Stadium and Delta Dental Stadium.

“Both have limited access and could monitor ticketed attendees, who should be and shouldn't be there,” said Baker. “I would like to think that there are enough interested businesses in Manchester that the cookout provisions would be shared, through donations of food, beverages and financial funds.”

Because he lives five hours away, Baker is looking for volunteers in Manchester to help organize the potential cookout. Interested parrties can do so by emailing him at prbaker43@earthlink.net.