tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post8064003493068886546..comments2024-03-27T07:00:37.924+00:00Comments on "By Stargoose And Hanglands": Denny Abbey And The Farmland Museum (2)John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-61549158292441797212014-09-01T03:45:31.102+01:002014-09-01T03:45:31.102+01:00Jim and I enjoy living history museums--you've...Jim and I enjoy living history museums--you've called to mind the small town 'general stores' of my rural childhood.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-38020319877521301242014-08-05T11:30:33.274+01:002014-08-05T11:30:33.274+01:00Thanks for all the comments. I think the store is ...Thanks for all the comments. I think the store is just lacking in enough suitable merchandise; maybe it will become more realistic as the museum collects more items.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-40851030256041961862014-08-01T02:17:54.114+01:002014-08-01T02:17:54.114+01:00You're right. It does look a bit too neat to ...You're right. It does look a bit too neat to be a real store.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-22305232905861173772014-07-31T20:35:50.520+01:002014-07-31T20:35:50.520+01:00Um...so that's a museum? It looks rather like ...Um...so that's a museum? It looks rather like where I live now!nillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733433402466612700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-45690349057525737382014-07-31T12:33:58.440+01:002014-07-31T12:33:58.440+01:00I love these old places you share with us John. M...I love these old places you share with us John. Marvelous pics!DeniseinVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494518513936310345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-48020817734382269462014-07-31T04:59:28.869+01:002014-07-31T04:59:28.869+01:00Great photos and post. I love all this old stuff....Great photos and post. I love all this old stuff. The emporium shots are great!!Spare Parts and Picshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836657200014402380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-34591311749886416712014-07-31T00:28:36.806+01:002014-07-31T00:28:36.806+01:00I love seeing places like this. It truly was a mor...I love seeing places like this. It truly was a more innocent time. betty-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950300478215339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-76779990554314693792014-07-30T22:00:06.971+01:002014-07-30T22:00:06.971+01:00I really liked these recreated scenes and wish I c...I really liked these recreated scenes and wish I could travel back in time and see them for real. Lovely photos as always! - Tasha xxxNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335219443113802041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-57617372718609675482014-07-30T17:09:06.167+01:002014-07-30T17:09:06.167+01:00Tried to live simply in my first years in the coun...Tried to live simply in my first years in the country--back to basics, etc--made everything from scratch, warmed the house with wood, grew all my own veggies, kept chickens, sheep, cows--preserved food, etc, etc---it was exhausting!!--and my grown children don't remember it fondly. It seems they would have preferred packaged food and city lights. sigh--<br />it's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701940616523413217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-21951363913605616642014-07-30T16:41:33.912+01:002014-07-30T16:41:33.912+01:00I must admit I'm often charmed by the thought ...I must admit I'm often charmed by the thought of days gone by until I remember the, erm 'fascilities' John :) wouldn't miss the telly though. PerthDailyPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077053209100022305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-86266785663218139952014-07-30T12:53:59.964+01:002014-07-30T12:53:59.964+01:00I must have missed a few recent posts; these are r...I must have missed a few recent posts; these are really interesting. My grandparents ran a general store, and yes it was a lot more cluttered than that one!The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-374822431443430892014-07-30T03:52:34.742+01:002014-07-30T03:52:34.742+01:00No doubt you may have noticed how sometimes I am b...No doubt you may have noticed how sometimes I am bit bothered in my posts by these recreated scenes and think while I am there gazing at it all - "was it really like this, or do they just imagine it this way". But I think you touched on what factor stirs up this disbelief in me - it is all just too tidy! They need some clutter, dust, cobwebs and a little disarray in their settings then I am on board with it 100%. I have seen some museum workshops where it looked like the owner just walked away and never came back. Very realistic looking. Nevertheless, I still enjoy them just as I do yours here.John @ Beans and I on the Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185975793295220723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-45541941253243655882014-07-29T21:40:46.895+01:002014-07-29T21:40:46.895+01:00most interesting, and charming too John - my eyes ...most interesting, and charming too John - my eyes went to the lovely ginger beer bottles of yesteryear, and the pottery/ceramic in the box right-hand side of bedroom - was it a foot-warmer maybe? Carole, at snaphappyonline.blogspot.com Carole M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13261384312136535762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-58231797522531536862014-07-29T20:38:40.675+01:002014-07-29T20:38:40.675+01:00It was such a simpler life but modern appliances h...It was such a simpler life but modern appliances have made us lazy and fill our homes with so much technology and 'stuff'. I love looking at places like this for the nostalgia, however I can remember my mum and my grandma's with their different housework days. Not much obesity back then, I wonder why?? Great posts on this place. Take care.sweetbriardreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036932595395191529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-25667497434068866092014-07-29T19:53:22.796+01:002014-07-29T19:53:22.796+01:00It was pleasant to walk through the rooms via phot...It was pleasant to walk through the rooms via photos. It appears that the rooms were kept nicely within the period. I think the visiting children should be invited to stay the night, then they would really understand how folks lived in the past. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-39943506328864609292014-07-29T18:03:08.008+01:002014-07-29T18:03:08.008+01:00Read this and the last post with interest. Sadly,...Read this and the last post with interest. Sadly, I can remember untidy general stores that look a little similar to the one in your picture. Odd how things seemed to change so quickly and dramatically from the '70s onward? Lovely photographs, as usual.Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-45837387545378255302014-07-29T17:20:25.972+01:002014-07-29T17:20:25.972+01:00Wow these two posts are so interesting, but I have...Wow these two posts are so interesting, but I have to say I love the domestic side of things best.Sally Tharpe Rowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782027642498401036noreply@blogger.com