Woodbury's Manor Newfound Lake ???

James Leroy · 08-23-2010, 08:28 PM

Looking for memorabilia from Woodbury's Manor and Cottages. Signs, advertising, cottage name signs. Also interested in knowing if any of the original cottages that were moved from that site are still around.

wolfegirl · 08-23-2010, 09:45 PM

My family stayed there from '71 or '72 to about '79 or '80 for two or three weeks every summer. We kids loved it - between the playdium, pinball, bingo, movies, pool, table tennis, swimming, etc. etc., there was always something to do if you had a couple of quarters to spend.

I don't have any physical memorabilia except pictures and had no idea that any of the cottages were preserved when it was sold for condos (around 84 or 85, I think). We stayed in the Nelson, which was next to the road, across from the "Touro". The neighboring cottage was the G Walter.

Coincidentally, I found my old journal from the 1976 trip about a week ago. It is pretty funny to learn what mattered to me as a 13 year old, like how late I could stay out and what people's pinball scores were!!

Maybe we crossed paths back then!

djwoodward · 08-24-2010, 12:56 PM

Do you remember the car with the PA system that travelled all around the Newfound area...

"Rain or Shine it's Bingo time at Woodbury's Playdium"

James Leroy · 08-25-2010, 07:50 AM

How about Gene Woodbury making donuts in the little shed next to the Manor? Bottle rockets, punks, and sparklers sold inside the Manor. As well as the soda fountain they had. Grandma was on the loudspeaker daily calling out, "Billy's waterbike is due in!", and Dusty running the Playdium. FUN TIMES!

Linda Osborne · 04-28-2011, 06:38 PM

Hi, I saw your request and there is a vintage Woodbury's car sticker currently posted on eBay. The number is 110677838013. There's only a bit over an hour left to go on the auction, but if you are interested I can relist it if necessary (with or without the Hago Harrington items).

I don't specifically recall Woodbury's, but as a kid I spent parts of summers at Newfoundlake and lived for the winter of 1969 in Center Sandwich just north of Squam. Great area.

Linda Osborne Blood
Marblehead, MA

08-23-2010, 08:28 PM	#1
James Leroy Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Woodbury's Manor Newfound Lake ??? Looking for memorabilia from Woodbury's Manor and Cottages. Signs, advertising, cottage name signs. Also interested in knowing if any of the original cottages that were moved from that site are still around.

08-23-2010, 09:45 PM	#2
wolfegirl Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Needham, MA, Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 31 Thanks: 26 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Mostly memories and pictures My family stayed there from '71 or '72 to about '79 or '80 for two or three weeks every summer. We kids loved it - between the playdium, pinball, bingo, movies, pool, table tennis, swimming, etc. etc., there was always something to do if you had a couple of quarters to spend. I don't have any physical memorabilia except pictures and had no idea that any of the cottages were preserved when it was sold for condos (around 84 or 85, I think). We stayed in the Nelson, which was next to the road, across from the "Touro". The neighboring cottage was the G Walter. Coincidentally, I found my old journal from the 1976 trip about a week ago. It is pretty funny to learn what mattered to me as a 13 year old, like how late I could stay out and what people's pinball scores were!! Maybe we crossed paths back then!

04-28-2011, 06:38 PM	#5
Linda Osborne Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Woodbury's sticker Hi, I saw your request and there is a vintage Woodbury's car sticker currently posted on eBay. The number is 110677838013. There's only a bit over an hour left to go on the auction, but if you are interested I can relist it if necessary (with or without the Hago Harrington items). I don't specifically recall Woodbury's, but as a kid I spent parts of summers at Newfoundlake and lived for the winter of 1969 in Center Sandwich just north of Squam. Great area. Linda Osborne Blood Marblehead, MA

08-24-2010, 12:56 PM	#3
djwoodward Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 77 Times in 16 Posts	Do you remember the car with the PA system that travelled all around the Newfound area... "Rain or Shine it's Bingo time at Woodbury's Playdium"

08-25-2010, 07:50 AM	#4
James Leroy Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How about Gene Woodbury making donuts in the little shed next to the Manor? Bottle rockets, punks, and sparklers sold inside the Manor. As well as the soda fountain they had. Grandma was on the loudspeaker daily calling out, "Billy's waterbike is due in!", and Dusty running the Playdium. FUN TIMES!