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.
Today we went to Little Morton Farm and Stainsby mill in Derbyshire. First we went to Little Morton farm were we immediately saw some black pigs an two black chickens a cock and a hen.The people there actually make there own produce from the pigs ,chickens ,cows and sheep that thy send to the slaughter house.🍖
After Morton farm we went to Stainsby mill, Stainsby mill was built in 1850 to grind flour for the Hardwick Estate in Derbyshire. It feeds on the mills brook which enables the mill to work. It has a 17ft water wheel. We had a guided tour.
