Bankfoot House entertainment

Before the days of multimedia, people made their own entertainment by playing cards, board games, singing, and reading stories

Before the days of multimedia, people made their own entertainment by playing cards, board games, singing, and reading stories.

Singing around the piano was a beloved pastime at Bankfoot House. Music was also popular outside the home with dances held at the local Glass House Mountains Community Hall.

With the invention of the gramophone in the late 19th century, and the radio in the early 20th century, people could listen to music and programs at home.

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