We decided to get all of the fireplaces out of situ today so that Victoria could get stuck in and start doing them up, and repainting them. There were some interesting finds along the way. The house is like a time capsule.....
Vic has found out this guy was in the first census in Australia, and was 29 when he got free passage to South Australia, and came over with his wife and 1 year old daughter. They resided in Franklin street, Adelaide. He was born in 1808, and came from Chetwynd in Shropshire. He lived just down from where I last lived in Foregate, Stafford, in the UK as a child. Awesome find...
Some Royal Adelaide Show tickets from 1905
This was what the rehab was years ago...
A postcard from 1905....
So...all in all a very industrious day. I managed to get the tiles stripped out from the bathroom, and tomorrow will remove the old bath. We've found tiles at $15.95 per square metre, so they will do the trick nicely.
Vic working her magic on the fireplace
Me smashing the %#&! out of the tiles
Done!
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