Saturday, July 17, 2010

Life in 1830

Today's plan today took us to Sturbridge, Massachusetts to meet Glenn and Sylvia.  This is the location of the Old Sturbridge Village, where we would experience life as it was in 1830.

We started our walk through the

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town, pass this small home where we found a

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colonial lady making baskets.  She has the bed folded away to give her more working space.

Just down the lane was the

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meeting hall/church.

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The doors were always open to welcome everyone to Sunday worship services.  This Congregational church held morning and afternoon services, each over two hours long.  Easter and Christmas services were very rare, but there was always a special Thanksgiving morning service.

Meetings and concerts were also held in this building.

Next we saw this lady who

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was

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preparing big pots of boiling water.  She will be adding Madder root to the water to make an orange colored dye.  Then she will dye the white yarn you see hanging on the clothes lines.

This is the way

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it will turn out.

All of the colors for dying the yarn come from roots, herbs, or barks.

We would have shopped in the

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General Store for our

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fabrics for making

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quilts.

There was a visit to the

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bank,

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the bookbinder,

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and the printer.

A stroll through the

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covered bridge and around the

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pond took us out the lane to the

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farm.

  Taking care of the

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crops, gardens, and

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animals always came first.  When the colonist weren't farming, they worked with the

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potter,

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blacksmith, or

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cobbler.  They took on these extra jobs to have extra money for their families.

Our last stop was by the

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school house to see if we could lean anything new from the

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teacher.

What a fun day, taking a walk with the

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locals.  We thank them for inviting us into their

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homes and their

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businesses where we learned what life was like in 1830.

We then took ourselves to the

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Piccadilly Pub to enjoy dinner and continue our visit with

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Glenn and Sylvia.

Yet another great day in New England!

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the interesting trip back in time (glad I have more modern things to work with). Nice pics!
    Glad you got to meet up with Glenn and Sylvia.

    Mike & Gerri (happytrails)
    http://freedom2roll.blogspot.com

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  2. What a great day. I would have loved to spent a little time in the quilt shop. Can't wait to see where I am going tomorrow.

    Blessings
    Bev

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  3. You write your blog so that we always feel like we're right there with you on your adventures, wish we were!

    Glad you got together with Glenn and Sylvia.

    We'll see you soon, take care!

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