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Contents of homes 1820-1835
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RStar | Report | 20 Feb 2009 20:57 |
Another dolls house coming my way soon, thanks to my wonderful hubby. I want to do this one actually based on my husbands ancestors, a family of farm labourers 1820-35 ish. (The cottage they lived in is still standing, in rural Warwickshire, inaccessible by car...wonderful!). BUT my query is, what did cottages have on the walls, surely paper would have been expensive? Would it be brick floors or floorboards, and how many gas lamps to a room? Also, would they have wardrobes and drawers, I dont want books as they would be illiterate but Im thinking it'll look rather bare at the minute! |
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Lindsey* | Report | 20 Feb 2009 21:24 |
ooo Roman you've taken me back ! Apart from a religious / Sunday school picture on a nail nothing much on the walls just rough plaster and you reminded me of this, The walls were painted with distemper....... |
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Julia | Report | 20 Feb 2009 21:29 |
Hi Romany |
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RStar | Report | 20 Feb 2009 21:37 |
Julia, youre a star, I never thought of that. Lindsey, many thanks, Im writing all of this down! I think your nan's home sounded wonderful :-) |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 20 Feb 2009 23:19 |
And if they're farm labourers they may be raising an orphaned lamb in a basket next to the range. |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 21 Feb 2009 00:36 |
RS are you still coming down to Wales? If so try to spend a few hours at the National History Museum at St Fagans; it's just outside Cardiff. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 21 Feb 2009 04:37 |
you may well find that the floor was just beaten earth |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 21 Feb 2009 04:43 |
Has the cottage been restored much? |
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Battenburg | Report | 21 Feb 2009 09:49 |
The quality of the farm labourers cottage varied widely. Often very small and badly built. |
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RStar | Report | 21 Feb 2009 18:28 |
Gwyn, its been empty since the 1920s, was used as a weekend retreat by someone til the 1970s. Its all padlocked up but I frequently have a good nose through the windows! Unfortunately we don't know anyone who's been inside. |