Mr Straws House

On the 13th we went to Mr Straws house were William junior and Walter straw lived along with there mum and dad(William and Florence straw). When William jr died he left all his money and also all the contents to national trust and gave the house to the next tenants, the national trust then bought number 7.

 We first went into the back garden we saw a bunch of cacti on a table and in the greenhouse at the bottom of the garden.

Mrs straw kept a bee hive and when she died William junior and Walter looked after the bees. In the house there is carpet down over the original carpet as it is so old. Alarms go off if you step on the wrong carpet.

 William junior had spent much of the 1920s and 1930s in London studying English Literature so he could be a teacher. He came back home in 1938 and a year later Mrs straw died.

I enjoyed going round the house and seeing things that I recognise  like the bovril,  Robinsons, OXO cubes and Heinz in the kitchen which we still use today.
Some of the other things we saw like the kilner jars and pottery mixing bowls are also used in every day life, we actually have these in our kitchen now.

Conisbrough castle 🏰

Last Friday we went to Conisbrough castle because we've got a card, which allows us to get into national trust properties for free💸. Anyway we went round Conisbrough castles tower and we saw three programmed people one was the keeper another the mistress and another the master. I hate the steps because they slope down or are to small. The videos were interesting and the view was very good too though I only went up once.The keep was built in the 1170s or 1180s for William de Warenne from William the Conqueror

Four Leaf Clovers 🍀

🍀lucky🍀

Last week I found a four leaf clover but I have just found another one today while walking the dogs. I think that they are super lucky. You have a one in 10,000 chance of finding a four leaf clover so to find two in two weeks is very rare. Here's some info about four leaf clovers:

my second four leaf clover

Each leaf on a four leaf clover represents something: The first represents faith, the second hope, the third love and the fourth luck. Someone once found 21 clovers in her back garden after she prayed to on of her old friends (who had found a four leaf clover) to send her a sign. 

People used to hang four leaf clovers from their doors to ward off evil, some children believed that if they carried a four leaf clover they could see faeries!!!  If you ever find a five leaf clover drop it and run as they're very unlucky and will bring illness if picked