Friday, August 24, 2012

Decaying Farm Buildings

Barn Shooter The Barn Always a bit sad to see abandoned farms where the buildings are slowly decaying. This is a former dairy farm and laundry business in Handen. Known as Mellanberg. A few hundred years ago there was only a small cottage here where different handymen lived over the years. Later the land was owned by the large estate Söderby. A farmer then bought Mellanberg in the 1920s. He built a farm house,a big barn and a number of other buildings. Up until the 1940s you could buy fresh milk directly from the farmer. Not sure when the dairy farm closed, but the laundry was closed in 1976. The municipality wants to save Mellanberg as it shows a lot about local history. The photographer in the photo is my buddy Jim.

6 comments:

Paul in Powell River said...

Always nice to have a shooting buddy!

LONDONLULU said...

I've noticed decaying barns around this area, many towns rose from farmfields but not thriving as much now. Always sad.

alp said...

Buena imagen. Un abrazo desde Murcia.

Julie said...

Steffi : the CDPB Theme Day is on again next weekend, 1st September, and the theme is 'People Watching'. You are welcome to contribute to Eric's Face Book group page (http://www.facebook.com/groups/2628431329/) or to the Linky page for those who do not frequent FB (http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/). I hope you are able to contribute.

Cheers and take care
Julie

VP said...

Glad to meet your buddy Jim!

Lowell said...

It's a beautiful site, and I hope they can preserve the buildings for posterity. Maybe someone will buy it and fix it up.