A Little Bit of History

I just love all the old buildings at Morpeth and this old slab cottage has such character, it was built in the 1840s.

This gorgeous old cottage is now a pottery.

[Wylie]

cute cottage, nice find.

[Annie D]

oh I really must get up around Morpeth - I love old buildings too

[ShirleyB]

Lovely old building and how nice it has a new use.

[Barb Newcomb]

I love these old slab huts.

[Chris K]

I would like to visit Morpeth. Will be up at Lake Macquarie in a week or so but probably wont have time as we are visiting Keith's mum aged 96 for a few days. Have really enjoyed seeing your photos.

[Babs]

@annied @cruiser If ever you do get to Morpeth here is a link to the heritage walk there. Lots to see. I love going there. http://www.maitland.nsw.gov.au/UserFiles/File/Morpeth%20Heritage%20Walk%20Brochure.pdf

[Hazel]

I guess it used to be quite cosy!

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Judith Johnson]

Oh your towns seem to be named after towns in the North East of England. I know Newcastle and Morpeth UK well!

[Martina]

Great capture, and lovely piece of history!

[Margaret Brown]

It still looks so cosy. Lovely image

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot of such an interesting looking building.

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, composition, history

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot. Babs there is something special about old buildings

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely old building, great capture.

[carol white]

A lovely old building

[Sally Ings]

It does appear to be full of character, super capture

[Pat Knowles]

Old buildings like these lend themselves so well to gift type shops, it's good that they can be a useful & quaint part of modern life.

[phototart]

Plenty of character & so different from the UK & the UK Morpeth.

[Babs]

@busylady A lot of our towns and villages are named after UK places because the first settlers in the areas thought they looked like the villages in UK. Newcastle here of course was named because of the coal and steel. Morpeth is a quaint village on the river and became an early staging post for the Hunter Valley.

[Margo]

nice capture

[Diane]

What a gorgeous cottage, it really looks like you would expect it to have looked back in the day. Nice capture Babs, what history!

[Islandgirl]

Lovely cottage and history!

[Rachel]

Such a lovely character cottage.

[Ethel]

I love how your photos and comments "take me to places", while in real life I mostly have cabin fever.

[Marnie]

Love that fab shingled roof Babs, well spotted.

[Jane Pittenger]

What a sweet cottage

[Joyce]

Lovely to see a piece of history being kept alive and in use.

[Babs]

@ethelperry Thanks Ethel. So glad I can take you to different places.