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Stroud situated on the mid North Coast of NSW had its beginnings in the early 1800s. It was the town which was the headquarters of the Australian Agricultural Company. Roger’s father who lived in Brighton U.K. still had shares in it when I first met him in the 1990s. In 1824 the AA company received a grant of one million acres (4,000 square kilometers) which reached as far north as Port Macquarie. This land was for agricultural use and Stroud thrived with the company’s storehouses located here. It was a Wild West type of town with the Australian Bushranger Thunderbolt ranging the area having met and married Mary Ann Bugg whose father ran a farm in the area.
Stroud boasts numerous beautiful historical building which are constructed in a British tradition including Stroud House, St John’s Church and Quambi School. Not so flash it the original bakehouse which we purchased in 2006. Why did we buy it — the old ovens appealed to us and the shed still had all the flour working equipment. The kitchen and the bathroom ran off each other.
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The ovens
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Looking from the lounge to the kitchen.
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“The kitchen. The bathroom. The yin and yang of the household.”
― David C Holley, Write like no one is reading
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The exterior of the house.
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The rollers for taking the flour from the shed are just visible in the photo. Inside the brick floor to the left are the same old bricks that the chimney is made from.
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We never lived there and no longer own it and I am told that in the wild weather of last month, when in nearby Dungog a few houses were washed away, that the old bakehouse has been irreparably damaged by the raging flood waters.
In response to Paula’s Opposites with quote – her prompt for the Thursday’s Special.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Then it was a good thing you did not use it after all and you sold it in time. A very interesting presentation. Thank you very much Irene.
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An interesting post Irene.
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Old buildings have much to share. What an interesting memory conjured by the quote. Sorry to hear it was damaged in the flooding. Had it been flooded before?
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Not to our knowledge. The flooding was beyond previous 100 year floodlines. This terror weather is hitting the States and all over the world. Quotes can make you like quite outside the square . I’d never thought of kitchens and bathrooms in this way but when you think about it , it makes a lot of sense yin and yang. 🙂
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