Does anyone else think Gull Cottage is the most perfect home? I would do anything to live in a cottage like that.
shareOh, me too. It remains the most beautiful and perfect movie home ever for me. I'd live there so fast!
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I keep thinking I'm a grownup, but I'm not.
It probably doesn't have electricity or an indoor bathroom; other than that, it would be delightful.
shareIf you watch towards the end, you'll see that the gas lights were replaced with electric lights at some point. I assume that Mrs. Miur updated the cottage as these luxuries became standard fare, including a full bathroom with toilet.
If you've ever been in older homes built around the turn of the previous century, you'll see exposed steam pipes for heating. These were added much later as central heating became the normal way to heat homes.
Yes, I just watched the movie again a few nights ago and noticed that by the end of Mrs. Muir's life, the house had been electrified. I've lived in houses of that period, with steam radiator heaters in each room. I lived in an 1890 flat in San Francisco that still had a couple of working gas lights. We'd light them once in a while just for fun.
shareWe'd light them once in a while just for fun.
Interesting account from your dad. I think my dad probably experienced something similar growing up in Ohio in the late '20s and '30s. I lived in the old flat I mentioned in the 1970s, and as far as I know, gas lights were still allowed. There was a store a few blocks from me that sold refurbished antique gas lighting fixtures, as well as new replicas. But the ones in our flat were just left over from 1890. They were basically just a gas valve--no more dangerous than a gas stove.
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