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The variety of houses at Strawberry Banke is incredible. I would truly enjoy walking through each. Your meal did sound very nice, but bummer that Mark's was not so good.
Have you guys visited New England? I really think you'd love it with all the history it's got.
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We made our way around the Canterbury Shaker Village, and just like Strawbery-Banke yesterday, if there was a sign outside, the building was open. A fair few were, and certainly enough to get an idea of life here…
This was the syrup shop…
We next went into the power house…
… then we saw the remains of the cow shed…
I had heard someone say in the restaurant that there were cows on the land, so I was hopeful I might get a bovine sighting…
We made our way past the kitchen gardens, getting some lovely views back to the complex beyond – see what I mean about all the open space?
We visited the Garden Barn…
… and as we came out, Mark spotted some cows in a field further down, so we set off that way to get some photos of New Hampshire cows!
We made our way back up to the main part of the complex…
… and visited the sisters’ shop…
We then went into the dwelling houseand again, this was another area where you couldn’t take photos, and annoyingly, it was the centrepiece of the property, with a total of four floors. It was so frustrating, as I’d have loved to have shared with you what we saw.
We started off in the kitchen on the ground floor level, and this is where we learnt about how the sexes were kept segregated at most times, with separate eating areas, and separate staircases throughout the four levels of the house. Of course, I was a rebel and made sure to walk up and down both!
We also heard about the unique seats they used for dinner, which barely had a back to them, easier for cleaning, as you could push them completely under the table. However, they decided to sell them as they needed money, so sadly there are now only about 10 originals left. The guy in there showed us the replacement ones they bought, and they really were nothing special.
Then we headed up to the ground level, where you had the chapel with its amazing organ. It was quite something, although the steps down to the organ meant no drinking before playing it!
We then headed upstairs, and they had some rooms on the second floor, things like a visitors’ reading room, and a bedroom I think.
On the top floor were the rest of the bedrooms, although sadly the main room here wasn’t lit up, so you really couldn’t see inside it properly.
We made our way out, and caught this guy as we did!
In all honesty, I didn’t love this place. It certainly wasn’t a patch on Strawbery-Banke yesterday, where you had people in most of the open buildings to tell you about them and answer any questions. Quite a few times today, in some of the open buildings, I had questions, but had no-one to ask, and it was frustrating that you couldn’t take photos in the main building as well. I’m glad I came, but it’s certainly not somewhere I’d come back to.
It's a shame you didn't get more of a feel for what Shaker life was like. For many years there were a few Shakers still living on the property. Their religion forbid sexual contact so the only way to keep the colony going was to recruit new members.
I think the last NH Shaker died a few years back and there was one in another colony maybe in Maryland.
I think posting information may have been against theeir simple living philosophy. Another school field trip for me so information was provided by the children's teachers.
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The land is very pretty, and large. Cows! But yes, what a shame that there is nobody there to provide extra information.
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It's a shame you didn't get more of a feel for what Shaker life was like. For many years there were a few Shakers still living on the property. Their religion forbid sexual contact so the only way to keep the colony going was to recruit new members.
Ah, I was wondering how they managed to maintain their numbers for so long - now it makes sense.
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I think the last NH Shaker died a few years back and there was one in another colony maybe in Maryland.
I think posting information may have been against theeir simple living philosophy.
The photos of the harbor in Maine were beautiful as were some of those houses! Sorry you weren't thrilled with the Shaker Village. Did they ever give a reason as to why no pictures were allowed in some of the buildings? Good for you for using both staircases!
The photos of the harbor in Maine were beautiful as were some of those houses! Sorry you weren't thrilled with the Shaker Village. Did they ever give a reason as to why no pictures were allowed in some of the buildings? Good for you for using both staircases!
No they didn't and I don't mind as much if there's a good reason and they explain it.
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Your meal did sound very nice, but bummer that Mark's was not so good.
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