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Our
Day at Cultra
It
was a mild autumn morning but with light rain as we headed
to Cultra for our Science trip.
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We
were split up into four groups, each studying individual aspects
of the houses. Each group has included their findings below
if you want to find out more! We also visited a museum with
a section on farming and another showing life in Victorian
times.
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When
we got there we went into a lovely house called the Manor
house. It was all very posh. We had to creep about as there
were very important conferences going on! The toilets were
very posh as well with mosaic tiles and there were lots of
flowers to keep the place smelling fresh.
We
visited five houses; three in the country and two in the town.
On our way to the different houses we bumped into lots of
non-human inhabitants. We saw lots of chickens, geese and
two donkeys. We stayed with the donkeys for ten minutes giving
them grass. We also saw two horses ploughing a field.
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You
might have seen the BBC1 programme called "Century Farm".
It took place in the Coshkib Hill farm and the McGrath family
had to endure the conditions of 1904 with old money, old food
and old jobs, the only anachronism was the cameras.
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Group
1: Thatch to tile - the materials used
in building homes.
We
visited the Ulster Folk and Transport museum on Tuesday 11th October
to find out more about how people lived in the 19th and 20th century.
We found out more about materials, how the house was built and what
furniture was used in it.
We compared Portglenone the Bank Manager's house to say Meenagarragh
cottage and we realised the difference between a poor household
and a rich household. The difference was unbelievable; you wondered
how people could live in those conditions. Meenagarragh Cottiers
House was so small. It had one room and because the fire was lit
it was difficult to see. Portglenone Bank Manager's house was very
big compared to the rest of the houses at the museum.
Most of the houses in the country section had thatch on the roof
because it was cheap and easy to get. Today, most houses have a
roof made of tile or slate because thatch needs replacing very often
which costs a lot. Tiles last for a very long time without needing
replaced.
By
Alan Watson, Josh McCullough, George Watson, Ruth Weir, Jilly Henderson
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Group
2: Potions to pills
- healthcare and hygiene in the 1800s compared with today.
On
Tuesday 11th of October, 9A went to the Ulster Folk and Transport
Museum to find out about how people lived in the late 1800's and
the early 1900's. We studied Potions to Pills! In this topic we
studied five houses and they all had different ways of cooking,
washing and collecting water. A few houses were wealthier than others,
for example Portglenone Bank Manager's House. It had nine rooms.
An example of a poor house would be Meenagaragh. Houses like this
would have been located in the countryside so it was hard to get
water.
Most of the town houses would have had piped water, because they
were all close together. In the country they would have had to get
their water from wells or pumps or if they were really poor they
would have had to get it from rivers.
Food would have been preserved with salt or it could have been smoked.
If you were poor you would not have had any food to preserve you
would have had to scavenge for food. The bank manager would have
had a pantry or larder to keep their food fresh. They would have
also had a cook.
By
Lauren Magee, Richard Thompson, Charlotte Hanna, Timothy Elliott
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Group
3: Turf to turbine - fuels for heating,
cooking and lights.
On
Tuesday 11th October 2005 we visited the Ulster Folk and Transport
Museum in Cultra. We were separated into four groups, our group
Turf to Turbine, Potions to Pills, Matches to Microwaves and Thatch
to tiles.
We were looking at the type of fuel, living conditions and cooking
lifestyles in the countryside and the town. We found out that it
was very different to what we are used to in our homes.
We visited a range of houses from one-roomed thatch houses to many
roomed, tiled roofed town houses. Most of the houses in the countryside
used turf to fuel their fires and stoves, though the town houses
used coal.
We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly throughout the whole day, although
it was rainy and miserable.
Thank you to all the teachers.
By
Sarah Hewitt, Sophie Gorman, Neil Irwin and Simon McClean 9A1
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Group
4: Matches to microwaves
- household equipment in the past and what it was made of.
On
the 11th October 2005, 9A visited the Ulster Folk and Transport
Museum at Cultra. Our group was called "Matches to Microwaves"
and we studied household possessions. Mrs Gribben was our leader
and took us around the five houses we were studying.
As soon as we arrived we visited the "country". The three
houses in the country were, Cruckaclady, Meenagarragh and Drumnahunshin.
Meenagerragh was the poorest of the houses we visited, with the
least possessions of all the houses. The nicest house that we visited
in the country side was Drumnahunshin farm house. The owner of the
house was fairly wealthy as he owned a Flax Mill.
We
later went back to the "town" to have our lunch, and visit
the houses and old fashioned sweet shop. After our lunch break we
visited the houses in Tea Lane, and Portglenone Bank Manager's House.
Portglenone was the wealthiest out of all the houses that we visited
during the day. It had 9 rooms altogether and was bigger than most
of our houses and it also had many possessions and had stylish interiors.
Overall
the day was very enjoyable and we all had a very good time.
By
Susan Harris, Matthew Topley, Simon Millar, Chloe Wilson and Rebecca
Winton
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