This last Tuesday our whole school was lucky enough to go to the Stone Cottage. Our schedule was at 10am. We walked on the footpath cheerfully while we were reflecting on what it was going to look like inside the Stone Cottage. 
When we arrived at the Stone Cottage we walked around because there was another class inside. We were introduced by Terry and Patrick, and we learned that Patrick was a historian. Patrick told us that this Stone Cottage was not the original one, it was relocated from Mt Wellington (near the McDonald) and moved to Panmure in 1971. The whole entire Stone Cottage was rebuilt and opened in September 1972. Terry then showed us some pictures of what Panmure used to look like.
We went inside the first room, it was really voluminous. There was an old woman sitting on a chair, her name was Josephine. There was a fireplace and pictures of old people in the 1900s. Terry told us that the men stayed in the room drinking tea and beer, (the men loved drinking beer and tea) and also talked a lot about their day. Phoebe Dunn was 13 years old when she made embroidery. Woman loved doing embroidery.
Then we went into the kitchen, there were old plates and cups. There was a doll on a high chair, Terry showed us a mustache cup that the men would use to protect their beards from getting wet. Mustache cups had a semi circular ledge of the rim, they were invented to protect the extraordinarily magnificent mustaches of the 19th century from the effects of steam resulting from hot drinks and beer. The people in the 1900s loved mustaches so they would grow them long.
Then we went upstairs, Terry told us to hold the railing because the stairs were steep and to duck because it was small. Terry showed us a room where
the children slept, there were old clothes that were given to charity. The bed was miniature.
I really enjoye
d visiting the Stone Cottage and seeing all the old things that were there. I wish we could go back there again seeing the stilts, bellows. We said bye to Terry, Patrick and Josephine, we crossed the road and went back to class with a smile on our faces.