Yesterday morning we went to visit the stone cottage. We had to leave at ten o’clock. Luckily we were close to it. We walked excitedly to the gate and crossed the road to get there. When we got there we got introduced to some people and their names were Terry, Patrick and Josephine. They were amazing because they know so much about who lived in the cottage and where it used to be. Patrick is a historian and he said that the cottage used to be where McDonald’s is now in Mt Wellington. When they moved it to Panmure, they had to build it stone by stone.
When we came inside and entered our first room it was called the parlour. It was beautiful. Terry told us about the stuff in there. When I first came in I saw the original model of St Matthias church. After that we went to the next room. Terry said In the olden days the men really liked their moustaches and to drink lots of tea. They wanted the tea to not get on their moustaches, so they used a special cup called moustache cup. If they grew a beard they used a shaving bowl with a brush.
After that we went to the kitchen and there was a table and a fireplace there.Terry said they used a bellow to make a fire. Then we saw a picture frame of soldiers with moustaches. Then we saw a baby doll in a baby high chair. Then Terry showed us a tool that can make baby food.
After that we went upstairs. When I looked at the stairs it looked scary. It was high. We went upstairs to enter our 4th room. When we entered the room we saw old objects. I asked Patrick If he’d bought them but he said they were all donated. It was fun. After that we went back downstairs and went outside and took a photo and went back to school. I learned a lot from our visit
