On Tuesday morning our class had a visit to the Stone Cottage. I was very excited because I have never seen the inside before and was very interested. We walked our way down the path to lead us to the gate, and we waited for cars to pass so we could cross.
After arriving at the Stone Cottage we were greeted by a lady named Terry and she introduced us to Patrick. Terry started telling us some of the histories as she let us inside.
When we went inside she showed us a tour of the house. The first place we went was the living room and a lady called Josephine was sitting on the sofa. Terry started showing us some portraits of some people in the olden days. She also showed us some embroidery and I thought that the women in the olden days were really talented because it was really pretty and had lots of stitches.
The next room was the downstairs bedroom. The downstairs bedroom had a crib with two baby dolls. One of them was really old and the other one was not that old. Terry started to tell us some of the things inside the rooms. One thing was used for the men to use as a toilet. It looks like a bowl which the women would clean the next day.
After the downstairs bedroom we went to the kitchen where there was really cool stuff. In the kitchen Terry showed us what they used for washing clothes and it looked interesting because it really doesn’t look like the laundry we have today. The next item were bellows and these are used to push air into the fire to keep it alight and to reach a high enough temperature to make the iron hot enough to use.
The next rooms were upstairs. The stairs are really steep so we had to hold on to the rail. I was kind of scared that I might fall. After we went upstairs we went to the artefacts room which were very interesting. They were cool because they were in perfect condition from the olden days. There was an old computer, a perfume bottle and a really cool crystal.
The next room was the kids’ bedroom and there was a mannequin in it looking out the window. At first I thought it was real until I saw it had no face. There was also a crib next to it and inside there was a baby doll and on the bed there was clothing for sleeping.
I loved this trip because there were so many things to see and hear about so close to our school. Everyday we go passed that house and we never knew anything about it. Now I can tell my family about it.
