Today we consider that we live in a highly sophisticated society. When we look back we can also see how sophisticated our ancestors were. Domestic life and technology of the past had a great deal going for it. When employment opportunities were available within ones own district. The provision of domestic norms was things, which were home spun and were improved and developed further through the movement of time. Some of the techniques of this section could have currency within today's society to for example improve the diet of the population through safe simple less refined foods. The time period under research shows how skills were passed down from grandmother to mother and daughter.
- Traditional baking using the peat fire and the swie. See how the rural housewife did her baking and cooking on the open farm fire using the swie to control the heat.
- The washday of yesterday. The wooden tub and the old mangle. The labour intensity of the process of the weekly wash.
- Food and Culture. The milk meal and tattie approach to rural feeding, the appraisal of domestic technology, food as a unit of currency of employment. Nutritional analysis of past societies diets.
- The history of the woman's rural Institute. How the movement was created its progress, activities, and contribution to society and its present day status.
- The role of women in rural society. The duties performed by the working women in the country, in agriculture, domestic life and the fishing industry.
- Staff recruitment techniques. See how the female kitchen assistant was employed and note her term of employment. The deal was sealed with the transfer of her "arals"
- Farm house diet. See how the diet of the past country folk met all their needs and was predominately self provided within the farm or croft.