You're right about the 19th century. I perhaps remember the kind my grand father had before he passed away. It was literally just mud and wattle as was commonly used in Africa.
Cheers to the smart world where we are heading , some things are automatically going to be out of the picture and my children will surely miss them.
Some things are going to be out, no thing can last forever. I think a lot of new interesting things will appear in the lives of our children in return.