#Springwood

[spiritundaunted]

Revisiting the King & Queen's stay in Hyde Park, NY

I very much enjoyed seeing the bedroom that Bertie slept in when he visited the Roosevelts at their home Springwood in Hyde Park NY in 1939. Hope he was comfy there!

This was Elizabeth's room. (Their rooms were connected through a bathroom)

...and the library where the King and FDR stayed up late discussing the fate of Europe on the eve of war.

... the Music Room that FDR's mother Sarah redecorated for the King and Queen's visit. Notice some familiar faces?

The famous front porch, then and now. (and yes I stood right in the spot where the King was sitting for this photo op. 😉)

The specially adapted car that FDR drove himself with hand controls. He gave the King & Queen a spin around the estate and apparently was quite a reckless driver!

I love how Bertie is holding onto his hat in the back seat in the first photo. LOL. Hang onto your hat, Your Majesty!

In the second, he looks a bit overcome by the heat, poor Bertie! It was unusually hot and humid while the royals were in the US and it was a little too much for him at times.

Luckily FDR had a pool on the property and so the King had a private swim with the President and his sons. I'm sure it refreshed him

Their Majesties and the Roosevelts attended services at St.James Episcopal Church on Sunday morning prior to the famous Hot Dog picnic. The church still stands and I was surprised how small it is.

And finally, the Hyde Park train station where the Roosevelts waved goodbye to Bertie & Elizabeth as they left on the Royal Train, is still standing, though no longer an active station. An Amtrak train sped by on the tracks along the Hudson while I walked around, but nothing stops there anymore.

Just me, I guess!

The station definitely feels a little haunted to me - but not in a bad way. Haunted with history. And a little bit of time travel.

I'll leave you with this lovely photo of Bertie & Franklin. It's not from Hyde Park - it's from their more formal time together in Washington DC, but Bertie's irrepressible smile is just too adorable not to share

[darrinjoakley]

Roosevelt Gate

[postcard-from-the-past]

Buckland Hospital in Springwood, Australia

Australian vintage postcard

[tcr55]

The Blue Mountains are to the west of Sydney, and Springwood is sort of the base of the mountains.

Most of the Blue Mountains are national park, so no dogs allowed, but Sassafras Gully is owned by the council, so Ruby the staffy came with for a splendid walk.

[frankentyner]

Recently rewatched the opening of A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge and was very much astounded to see that Springwood was originally in Indiana and NOT Ohio!!!!  I then had a look at the Fan Wiki for Springwood and there was no mention of this unexplained transition in the article.  Could it be that I’m the first Nightmare fan who has noticed this and said anything about it online?!  When it comes to Springwood (home of “The Springwood Slasher”) I always think of that Escape From New Yorkesque map that we’re shown in the prologue of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, which very clearly and memorably indicates Freddy’s base of operations as being in Ohio but the side of the school bus that Freddy himself (Robert Englund in a costumeless & makeupless cameo) is driving in the beginning of Nightmare 2 is clearly marked as that of an Indiana school district bus!

[into-the-merry-wood]

Voltron by Alex Ross

[dalekofchaos]

Springwood 1972/Elm Street Prequel comic concept by JMW1979

[druidberries]

he loves me ʇou...

[chainsawworld]

Thinking about jason my friend jason I fucking love this guy he is just completely unstoppable when he decides to be my guy knows what he wants to do and he does it. Respect.

[darrinjoakley]

Franklin D Roosevelt

[hack-n-slasher]

Springwood Slasher’s Hunting Grounds...

[dbd-map-resource]

Springwood Compilation pt. 2

Basement House:

Outside:

[nagaino]