Glen Alda Church

From the Weavery, we went on to the Glen Alda church where our granddaughters sat in a pew as they do in our church back home. They checked the front of the sanctuary where the collection plate rested and we looked at all the elegantly carved wood. Otherwise the church was quite plain. It served its purpose as a place of worship.

Douro Town Hall

We talked about the town hall and the meetings that probably happened here, and that it was a place where the community came for voting on any issue.

Sitting in the seat of a citizen

As one of my granddaughters sat in a wooden chair, we pointed our the photo of Queen Victoria at the front, the voting screens where citizens could go to cast a ballot in private. At the back the map of the region hung on the wall.

School yard equipment

The girls and I visited the school house and heard the teacher talk about days in school in the 1880s. They had opportunity to try out the chalk and slate and also a finer tool for doing sums and finer writing.

We headed back to the picnic area where their Mom was preparing our lunch and the other members of our family waited. After eating our sandwiches and snacks, the girls and I returned to the school room to get a couple of photos with the teacher, Kaleigh— who’d be known with the title Miss and her surname—and play a little more on the small playground.

1880s school room

It was hard for the girls to move on from the teeter totter, swings and play fort, but there was more to see.

The Milburn Home

The Milburn home was probably the most modern home in the village though the outward appearance was a log home. At this home, were more modern furnishings, a treadle sewing machine and a fancier room for music and relaxation. Still not a big home but with a few more conveniences.

The sewing machine

The village is well worth seeing. There was more yet, and we went on to the mill from there.

Follow along and see what it looks like in my next post.