tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post2831658583565447133..comments2023-12-22T15:36:34.148+00:00Comments on Hestia's Larder: Hestia says...meet the ancestors!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-83626644799418234272011-11-09T13:17:51.844+00:002011-11-09T13:17:51.844+00:00Looby - that's exactly how it feels! We'r...Looby - that's exactly how it feels! We're just custodians of the house until the next custodians come along! <br /><br />1675? Were there ghosts?!<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-37570096572909854892011-11-09T02:12:19.420+00:002011-11-09T02:12:19.420+00:00Great photos. Everyone looks so self-possessed. Wi...Great photos. Everyone looks so self-possessed. With old houses like yours, you are not the owner. You are the current custondian of a home. I lived for eight years in a house built in 1675 and I loved the feeling of being part of a lineage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-67124174236292224682011-11-07T17:33:23.315+00:002011-11-07T17:33:23.315+00:00That's a good idea, Mrs E! Tartarus and I are ...That's a good idea, Mrs E! Tartarus and I are very good at the solomn we've-been-sucking-lemons look :-D<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-10405822471109272222011-11-06T15:14:39.758+00:002011-11-06T15:14:39.758+00:00Have you thought about trying to recreate some of ...Have you thought about trying to recreate some of these poses with your own (thankfully smaller!) family? You could make up a collection of 'then and nows' to wow the next generation with. Our house is boringly modern so I can only imagine how lovely it is to see some of the people from another age who walked in your hall and snored in your bedrooms. xxxMrs. Exeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228765866473642505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-36919273977511764342011-11-05T17:09:51.755+00:002011-11-05T17:09:51.755+00:00LM - it feels great. And I sent Tartarus a couple...LM - it feels great. And I sent Tartarus a couple of the other images and now he wants to put something back into the garden that he took out of it - a quartz arch that is clearly part of the original design. <br /><br />He's really quite sentimental for a bad-tempered old git.<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-27706282563147729682011-11-05T15:02:58.651+00:002011-11-05T15:02:58.651+00:00Oh Ali, how fantastic to have and know all that hi...Oh Ali, how fantastic to have and know all that history.<br /><br />I really believe that rather than a house being part of our history, for the most part we are part of its. I am glad you have a more solid knowledge of who was there before you!Lisa-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135752484387782593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-79551672813536029682011-11-05T10:13:00.566+00:002011-11-05T10:13:00.566+00:00Thanks Patience! They're amazing, aren't ...Thanks Patience! They're amazing, aren't they ;-)<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-65532334196996744212011-11-04T19:33:55.089+00:002011-11-04T19:33:55.089+00:00That's amazing! You're so lucky to have t...That's amazing! You're so lucky to have those photos.Patience_Crabstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860012969550268614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-44379294261200602232011-11-04T17:24:15.930+00:002011-11-04T17:24:15.930+00:00YaH - I can't do photos of the inside of the h...YaH - I can't do photos of the inside of the house or Tartarus will go utterly ballistic! I will do one of Sonshine's bedroom as it is now and as it was then as I don't think I'll get into trouble for showing a LEGO strewn bedroom :-)<br /><br />Siobhan - thanks! They're a bit super aren't they?!<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-67346614703092883092011-11-04T16:11:29.592+00:002011-11-04T16:11:29.592+00:00oooh how very exciting...don't you just love t...oooh how very exciting...don't you just love those old photos, quite amazing....I too want to see the inside, you could do matching ones with how it is now.....pleeeeeease!!xxYoung at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585882466695145340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-6495171152447073162011-11-04T15:16:56.018+00:002011-11-04T15:16:56.018+00:00Oh this is wonderful. Just wonderful.Oh this is wonderful. Just wonderful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414010663277948166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-59153961530422650172011-11-04T14:35:43.841+00:002011-11-04T14:35:43.841+00:00The interior photos are photocopies from the 70s o...The interior photos are photocopies from the 70s of the original sepia-toned images, so not as nice to look at.<br /><br />But I might load some up at some point. Man, those victorians liked their rooms gloomy!<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-52403018972409544352011-11-04T09:48:45.010+00:002011-11-04T09:48:45.010+00:00I love stuff like this.Any chance we could see som...I love stuff like this.Any chance we could see some of the interior photos.<br />We had a lady come to the pub who lived here as a child 60 years ago,got some great photos and stories:)Northern Snippethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207173438875166390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-44745400822221078622011-11-04T08:56:31.817+00:002011-11-04T08:56:31.817+00:00TSB - there's no ghosties and ghouls - other t...TSB - there's no ghosties and ghouls - other than Tartarus after a hard night at the Bike Club, just the odd moment when you think you spot someone out of the corner of your eye.... but that's in all likelihood my uncontrollable hair :-)<br /><br />Polish Chick - might load up another couple of images :-)<br /><br />Pastcaring - it's quite strange, unless you stop to think that really, there only ARE a few places in the room that one can plonk down a table or a big bookcase lol!<br /><br />Wally - am in the bowels of Nanowrimo as we speak. And not doing very well - didn't write anything yesterday! Now I've got twice as much to write today!<br /><br />Emma - got lots of photos and will now have to painstakingly name all the people in each photo, so that the next owners of the house will know who the ghosts are too! <br /><br />They had four boys and three girls (not got photo in front of me to check), but they didn't all live to adulthood. And one son was killed in the Boer War and Mr Hunter paid for stone to be shipped out to Johannesburg for his son's grave. And we've got a photo of that too!Alison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-16769167110142833952011-11-04T06:56:33.937+00:002011-11-04T06:56:33.937+00:00Oh goody. now you can identify the ghosts and ghou...Oh goody. now you can identify the ghosts and ghoulies drifting about chez Hestia.<br /><br />Doesn't that make you feel better.<br /><br />Does Sonshine know he's sharing his room with the ghost of a wean and a dog?<br /><br />Does he sleep well?<br /><br />Does he ask for his Uncle Hunter?<br /><br />Do <i>you</i> sleep well, knowing what you do?Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-88913188129547043632011-11-03T21:48:40.209+00:002011-11-03T21:48:40.209+00:00funny how bored i get when shown contemporary pict...funny how bored i get when shown contemporary pictures of complete strangers while going all gaga when it's old dead strangers in sepia!<br /><br />and also, kitchen CARPET!? gack!<br /><br />i once lived with a guy whose father put wall to wall carpeting in the bathroom (3 boys lived there, can you imagine?!) but i've never heard of kitchen carpet and now after the nightmares you've given me, i hope i never will again.<br /><br />lovely story. post more pictures, please!the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-65276134046901899852011-11-03T17:30:25.813+00:002011-11-03T17:30:25.813+00:00What a lovely thing to happen.
And how amazing tha...What a lovely thing to happen.<br />And how amazing that you have your furniture in similar spots!<br />I love those photos. xx<br />PS. Thanks for popping over to my blog, I appreciate the comment!Curtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-33031191940604215932011-11-03T16:44:06.772+00:002011-11-03T16:44:06.772+00:00Ali, This is an amazing story. Sounds like a plot ...Ali, This is an amazing story. Sounds like a plot for a new book. Now you have some characters, I'm sure you could invent the rest.Wally Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992375461165449990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-18841668830685414832011-11-03T16:07:02.313+00:002011-11-03T16:07:02.313+00:00Wow that's great to find a bit of history pert...Wow that's great to find a bit of history pertinent to your life today :D We have the deeds of our house back to the builder who built our house and the one next door for his brother in 1905. There have been 15 owners since then :D Not got much in the way of photos though - you have a wonderful selection here :DIntuitive Psychic - Emma Sunerton-Burlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110644761102144042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-10716279220186211162011-11-03T15:09:17.081+00:002011-11-03T15:09:17.081+00:00oh no - I've made everyone paranoid about apos...oh no - I've made everyone paranoid about apostrophes!!! Lesley - don't worry a JOT about it. I'm not sitting reading comments with a horrified look if there's a wee grammar issue. My horror is reserved for teachers' errors alone :-D<br /><br />I'm always thrilled to read the comments on m'blog; the grammar is neither here nor there!!! <br /><br />Dash - might have been friends of the removal people. Think that happens sometimes. That might have been the case for us at any rate.Alison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-74002083873149685602011-11-03T14:35:50.605+00:002011-11-03T14:35:50.605+00:00Oh yeah, when we bought our house, the previous fo...Oh yeah, when we bought our house, the previous folk promised to leave the cast iron wood burners, in the three giant fireplaces, of course when we moved in, there was no sign of them, it took us ages to find original ones to replace them with. We should have known better, this being France we should have got in writing.<br />XDashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329090600374787029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-67288674814421983472011-11-03T14:33:00.578+00:002011-11-03T14:33:00.578+00:00Oh Ali, how fascinating. I love all that sort of ...Oh Ali, how fascinating. I love all that sort of stuff. My sister lives in a house that was once two cottages. The same thing happened to her, someone arrived at the door with photos from the late 1800's. There's a lovely photo of the two occupants at their front doors before the house was knocked into one. So glad you're keeping a record for future generations. Apologies if I've missed out/added an apostrophe, I've never been sure where they're supposed to go!! I'm utterly convinced I didn't learn that bit in English at school. Lesley xMe and Tilly Toohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135600353840146347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-15834390630629048742011-11-03T14:31:34.978+00:002011-11-03T14:31:34.978+00:00Ali, how wonderful, I love it when things like thi...Ali, how wonderful, I love it when things like this happen.<br />XXXDashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329090600374787029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-67267911419510791742011-11-03T14:02:44.728+00:002011-11-03T14:02:44.728+00:00I don't know why they take them but one of the...I don't know why they take them but one of them was a tiny chandelier that was SUPPOSED to have been left behind as part of the purchase agreement. <br /><br />You cannot bung up a 60 watt bulb in a hall of that splendiferousness and think that you've done the room proud. It took us another 10 years to get a good light fitting for the hall lol!Alison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-77106959176452132582011-11-03T13:59:22.060+00:002011-11-03T13:59:22.060+00:00Why *do* people take the light fittings ? A rocker...Why *do* people take the light fittings ? A rockery was the dernier cri at one time ...had a resurgence in the 20s/30s and again in the 70s ...Viviannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.com