It's so interesting to see Lyndhurst with ivy on its walls. Until seeing the vintage footage used in this segment I'm positive I'd never seen footage or even stills of Lyndhurst with ivy.
It's very dangerous to say you're positive about anything because something may just happen to prove you wrong. And such is the case with that statement above because this morning I rediscovered that I had seen a photo of Lyndhurst with ivy.
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After not having opened it in decades, I dug out a 1970 bound volume I have of American Heritage Magazine because it has a lengthy article about Lyndhurst and the bitter legal fights the National Trust for Historic Preservation went through to take possession of Lyndhurst (and if you don't know that story, whoa, you may be quite surprised). And lo and behold, what did I discover but this photo:
But in my defense, as I said, I haven't looked at the article in decades, so if I forgot one photo that I haven't seen in decades, can that really be held against me?
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The article is
The Realms of Gould, and I discovered that the text of the article has been posted online
here. It's a long but absolutely fascinating read. Sadly the site didn't include the sumptuous photos of Lyndhurst that were originally published with the article, but it's still worth checking out, especially if you'd like to read about a bitter legal fight, the details of which you probably don't hear about when you visit Lyndhurst.
It's like the days when Seaview Terrace had ivy
I didn't put together until this morning that Lyndhurst has more in common with Seaview Terrace than just once being covered with ivy - both houses were created by expanding already existing houses. Lyndhurst by expanding The Knoll - and Seaview Terrace by expanding a house that was called Sea View. It's not like I didn't know that both expansions had taken place, but for some reason it wasn't until today that I realized the expansions are something both houses have in common. On the other hand, Greystone, the only other house to this point to "play" Collinwood, was built from the start as huge as it is, and the additions that were made to the model of the house for the '91 Series don't really count.
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