Times have changed .............
she knits and knits and knits and sometimes she spins too....
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Spinning Room
I came across this interesting article about the spinning rooms in 18th century Germany. It was there that people shared local news as well as news from travelers. They were even denounced: " as dens of iniquity because young, unmarried men and women would drink together, sing songs together, and perhaps even worse..."
Times have changed .............
Times have changed .............
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Interesting article. It's fun to try and imagine what is was like to live in other eras. For the most part I'm happy to live now with our modern conveniences, but I think there is much to be said for the simpler way of life.
Thanks for the link, Dave and I were both intrigued to read this.
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