To my dear Annie
With love and best wishes from your loving sister Elsie xxxxx
This is only one side off (sic) it
I believe Fairseat House was a convalescent home for children. Perhaps this was from one of the children staying there.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Fairseat House - old postcard
Back and front of a postcard which was being sold on Ebay. Copy on the back reads
To my dear Annie
With love and best wishes from your loving sister Elsie xxxxx
This is only one side off (sic) it
I believe Fairseat House was a convalescent home for children. Perhaps this was from one of the children staying there.
To my dear Annie
With love and best wishes from your loving sister Elsie xxxxx
This is only one side off (sic) it
I believe Fairseat House was a convalescent home for children. Perhaps this was from one of the children staying there.
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I believe that Fairseat House was a school. Court House was originally built for the headmistress' brother which is why there is a little gate between the two. It was deemed unsuitable for a man to live in the same building. Court House was called The Cottage back then and was considerably smaller. When we lived in Court House the Pasteurs lived in Fairseat House. Up in the attic rooms there was an amazing train track which had tunnels through the wall into the next room. The garden was really amazing in those days and I remember one day forgetting to close the gate and let our entire herd of cattle into their garden! My mother was devasted and the lovely Pasteurs were so calm about the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely memories - thank you for your input. It's memories like this when make history come alive!
DeleteThe 1871 Census shows that Fairseat House was indeed a school. The head of the household, and presumably Head Teacher, was a Hannah GRANT, a spinster age 62 years. The household then had, at least living in the house, 3 more spinster teachers, a Housekeeper, a Cook, a Parlourmaid and 2 Housemaids. There were 30 pupils shown on this census, ranging in age from 10 to 15 years. In Fairseat Cottage at the time lived a Laura Theodosia SCOTT, a 38 year old widow, with her 3 children and a niece. Mrs. Scott is a relative of the renowned Physiologist Sir Leonard Erskine HILL.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this little nugget of history. It all adds up to a glimpse back in time.
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