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11/4/14

worker's hut

At Pioneer Village in Stratford, I found this quite ingenious to make a house from metal drums.

The little sign on the door says 'whare' (pronounced far-ay), a Maori word that means 'home'.




10 comments:

  1. How very ingenious to make the house out of drums and it was great to see the inside and how they have kept it for people to see,

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  2. "Whare is where the heart is" and lastly there's a lot of drumming going on here. Corny! Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  3. Interesting way to make a house. Love seeing all the rusty utensils inside! My kind of place to visit!

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  4. Agree, very ingenious! But wouldn't they get really hot\/

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  5. Hari OM
    That is great; a place to cook, a place to eat and a place to sit/sleep...all under a roof and mostly wind-proof. That'll do!!!

    Something similar over at my place today. YAM xx

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  6. Wow...that makes me sad. For a workman to call this home. I'm glad they saved it (or reconstructed it) for a museum so people can see how hard it was during the Depression!

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  7. Interesting little house. I guess you make do with the materials you have.

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  8. Wow!! I cannot imagine living in a place like that, but I suppose it was better than sleeping rough! We have it so easy now, when it comes to housing!!

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  9. Tough lot, those pioneers! I've lived in some fairly basic habitations in my time but nothing quite that primitive - they have my admiration.

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  10. You always find the neatest things!

    Visiting from Rubbish Tuesday,

    Lindy

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