I grew up with all the modern conveniences at home but all summer, the holidays and most weekends were spent at the grandparents’ farm which wasn’t so modern. It had indoor plumbing but the tub was used for everything but bathing. It was the first in that area with indoor plumbing. A lot of the time we had to haul water because ants were in the water or there was oil scum. Unfortunately, not enough oil to drill. They had a water heater but it used too much gas so bath and dish water was heated on the stove in big metal bowls. The pots and pans were dried on a screened in shelf on the outside of the kitchen window. At night, with the windows open (no A/C), you could hear sounds from miles and miles away.
I took the kids out to see it once and there were illegals living in it. It hadn’t changed any except they had a modern stove and put down some old carpeting that we’d stored in a shed. It’s since been torn down, or fell down, and there’s a big new house there.
Did you answer the call? "Tapping on the bottom of the can with a rock or the spine of your knife will produce a noise that can help signal would-be rescues."
I haven’t been back to the farm, or the house in town. All the roads and land marks are missing, so I am not sure I could find them.
However, I did visit my Great Grandma’s house, a block off the main street. It was still there, and didn’t appear to be changed.
She did eventually have an indoor bath added off the kitchen area when she was older. She was in a wheel chair during her final years, and her doctor said it was a necessity.
Grandpa never had indoor bath on the farm, but we did use Great Grandma’s bathroom a couple of times when we happened to be at her house doing laundry on the old wringer type washing machines.