tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post9034671436458869527..comments2024-03-18T08:16:03.846+00:00Comments on A Shropshire Patch: Five On Friday - The TollhouseMrs Tiggywinklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262841220840086776noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-75951752485508781282016-02-27T16:14:16.208+00:002016-02-27T16:14:16.208+00:00How interesting to find out something about your o...How interesting to find out something about your own house and garden while you were out! <br />Happy belated birthday to you, Mrs T, the daffodils were a lovely thought xxxAlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007583111181817717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-8127436199879935852016-02-25T20:42:30.151+00:002016-02-25T20:42:30.151+00:00Thank goodness Blists Hill was rescued, and how am...Thank goodness Blists Hill was rescued, and how amazing that visiting this place you were able to find out more about your own garden! <br />It was really interesting to see your photographs and read all about the Tollhouse. How life has changed since those times, thank goodness!<br /><br />Barbara xxFlashinScissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408946289711452871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-39256154862870849552016-02-24T16:45:41.642+00:002016-02-24T16:45:41.642+00:00Such fun history! I loved this post -and especiall...Such fun history! I loved this post -and especially knowing that this history could even be traced back to your own garden. So cool! :) I'm linking late due to a trip last week - but still wanted to join the party. Lol thanks for sharing and blessings on the rest of your week. xoxocarrie@northwoods scrapbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337824046780952876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-66025684689554669822016-02-21T10:43:56.931+00:002016-02-21T10:43:56.931+00:00I love Blists Hill such a fascinating place, and i...I love Blists Hill such a fascinating place, and it always triggers memories and love how it has answered your question about your out buildings too.<br />I remember the doctors house they have there when it was in situ in Shropshire I used to pass every week on my way to visit my grand parents.<br /><br />Angela - Garden Tea Cakes and MeAngela M - Garden Tea Cakes and Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10665533361469223445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-2339307882852874142016-02-21T10:17:56.572+00:002016-02-21T10:17:56.572+00:00I enjoy visiting living history museums and I'...I enjoy visiting living history museums and I'm glad the tollhouse was saved and rebuilt. Blists Hill looks like a fascinating place. Many of your readers of a certain age will have been very familiar with outhouses and privies! Interesting that you found out more about what had been constructed in your own garden and the use of the little buildings there from the remains of the brick footprint. <br />Linda Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634839688042592781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-16969851784604127202016-02-21T06:06:25.728+00:002016-02-21T06:06:25.728+00:00What a charming little cottage. I'm so glad we...What a charming little cottage. I'm so glad we don't have privies these days. But the brick one looks sturdier than the wooden ones I remember from visiting my grandparents many years ago. And to think the visit solved a little mystery about your own garden! Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-72897208430460208772016-02-20T21:26:54.255+00:002016-02-20T21:26:54.255+00:00This is such a snug & very tiny cottage! At on...This is such a snug & very tiny cottage! At one time my two sisters and one brother and I all shared a bedroom with two bunkbeds. That's quite a nice solid-looking privy! My uncles used to entertain themselves as teens by pushing over outhouses, of course they were always wooden structures here :) <br />I guessed about the pig pen as they are often bricked around on old farms here too. How cool that you have the same set up in your own yard. Time to get a pig!<br />WendySeptember Violetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931133319044031928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-50902460113582278982016-02-20T02:17:17.749+00:002016-02-20T02:17:17.749+00:00But what a handsome privy! Years ago, when Missou...But what a handsome privy! Years ago, when Missouri had outhouses (as we called them), they were made of unpainted wood with big cracks between the boards where the wind could whistle through and freeze your tush.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493189870800125021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-64821331320970008252016-02-19T19:57:32.606+00:002016-02-19T19:57:32.606+00:00So interesting! I would love to visit Blists Hill...So interesting! I would love to visit Blists Hill one day. Fascinating for you with the sty/privy combination and finding out what your own "ruins" were!!! Thank you so much for joining in the anniversary of Five On Friday, I really do appreciate it so much! Have a good weekend! xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-39235751438622842012016-02-19T17:49:18.986+00:002016-02-19T17:49:18.986+00:00I'd love to visit this Victorian town with my ...I'd love to visit this Victorian town with my family. I'll look and see if it's not too far from us - it would be a nice day out on a school holiday. Have a lovely weekend! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08208986782111545220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-2644892940342318652016-02-19T16:15:20.928+00:002016-02-19T16:15:20.928+00:00I enjoy visits like these with so much history to ...I enjoy visits like these with so much history to enjoy. It's nice to meet you Mrs. Tiggywinkle. My blogger profile will show my face as Mrs. Tiggywinkle a Beatrix Potter character I'm fond of for personal reasons. The link that will take you to my blog is on Amy's link-up not in this comment section. Have a wonderful weekend.ellen b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14531430948905935301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-59244794588576133202016-02-19T15:31:55.180+00:002016-02-19T15:31:55.180+00:00I loved this little visit to the Tollhouse -thanks...I loved this little visit to the Tollhouse -thanks for taking us along :)Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-64058279370678743072016-02-19T15:22:11.527+00:002016-02-19T15:22:11.527+00:00That looks like a great place to visit. How great ...That looks like a great place to visit. How great that all the houses had pig sties in the garden, obviously your privy is empty now, my grandad's wasn't at his house in Ireland. I used to always use the outside loo for the novelty, but we did only visit in the summer ha! Have a lovely weekend xxLisa from @intothegladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035448027727524640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-40566736082876773262016-02-19T15:08:42.744+00:002016-02-19T15:08:42.744+00:00Very curious to have a bricked in pig sty and priv...Very curious to have a bricked in pig sty and privy. I've only seen these made of wood.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-47594273184558393952016-02-19T14:46:20.332+00:002016-02-19T14:46:20.332+00:00What an interesting post, I like to imagine everyo...What an interesting post, I like to imagine everyone's pig living in the back garden. I bet none of it was wasted. I'm feeling slightly sorry for them living next to the privy, but I guess they had regular company. Lovely to see the handmade quilt, blanket and rug.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-59637953153134919452016-02-19T14:21:11.691+00:002016-02-19T14:21:11.691+00:00My grandmother for many years had an outhouse, the...My grandmother for many years had an outhouse, they lived out in the country with no running water. We always thought it was so funny when we'd go to visit.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-10537054280197950672016-02-19T12:18:32.192+00:002016-02-19T12:18:32.192+00:00I have been to Blists Hill several times but never...I have been to Blists Hill several times but never been in the toll house. I found the foundations to a building next to the privy in my garden. (It's still there but it's used as a storeroom now!) I wonder if my foundations were for a pigsty? The History Anorakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718067264562106116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-88389635221221845642016-02-19T11:02:03.852+00:002016-02-19T11:02:03.852+00:00What an interesting post! I wish all houses were b...What an interesting post! I wish all houses were built with a pig sty these days! thanks for sharingTricky Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755505701123051720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-81266647989858592462016-02-19T09:48:55.333+00:002016-02-19T09:48:55.333+00:00I love social history so much. I find it so intere...I love social history so much. I find it so interesting to see how little we had back then and how well they seemed to manage. I'm glad we no longer have outside privies but sometimes wonder if we haven't lost something in this technological age eclectichomelifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131534550143277161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-64341837938906825222016-02-19T09:30:08.985+00:002016-02-19T09:30:08.985+00:00Lovely! I love Blists Hill and the toll house was...Lovely! I love Blists Hill and the toll house was one of my favourite buildings, I'm glad it was saved. How wonderful to have the pig sty and privy at the bottom of your garden. I remember outside loos as a child our house in Leicester had one backing on to the house with two seats one higher than the other. So glad I live today and have indoor facilities:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-5092563888680618182016-02-19T08:51:40.850+00:002016-02-19T08:51:40.850+00:00I'm glad we have moved on from a pigsty and a ...I'm glad we have moved on from a pigsty and a privy in the garden these days, although lookiƱg out of the window at the moment, my garden is a bit of a pigsty in itself! xCrimson Kettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701829170555353323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-19542999316029021462016-02-19T08:48:36.713+00:002016-02-19T08:48:36.713+00:00An interesting post, I love hearing about historic...An interesting post, I love hearing about historic buildings and this just hit the spot. <br /><br />Dianadoodles n daydreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489851609110132969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-38115124777092121842016-02-19T08:40:11.616+00:002016-02-19T08:40:11.616+00:00Lovely post, a step back in time,, nice virtual vi...Lovely post, a step back in time,, nice virtual visit.Dotty's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019055605512883183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-17021026387881166802016-02-19T08:29:43.511+00:002016-02-19T08:29:43.511+00:00How interesting, my Grandad kept pigs on his allot...How interesting, my Grandad kept pigs on his allotment. He had a Shetland pony and small cart and went collecting people's vegetable peelings to make swill for the pigs. If you every get the chance to go to Beamish you would like it<br />Jill<br />Kiln Fired ArtJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193005018685147686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201916595736418385.post-5937705442684010542016-02-19T08:20:06.833+00:002016-02-19T08:20:06.833+00:00I enjoyed this visit, it looks such a cute abode b...I enjoyed this visit, it looks such a cute abode but I guess in reality life was pretty hard. Thanks for sharing<br />Caz xxWainwright and Wright.Cohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com