Life Below Stairs (20 page)

height preferences
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Hibbert, Jean
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hierarchy of servants
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‘high life’
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hiring staff
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holidays/ time off
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homesickness
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Honey, Frank
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Horne, Eric
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horse-drawn carriages
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hours of work
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houseboy
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hallboy

housekeepers
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housemaids
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housemaid’s knee
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Hume, Mrs
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Hunt, Jean
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Hunt, Mrs Ellen
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hunting
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shooting parties and hunting season

Inch, Arthur
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Inch, George
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interviews
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hiring staff

ironing
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Jeeves and Wooster
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King, Ernest
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kitchen maids
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kitchens and kitchen staff (general)
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lady’s maids
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Lanceley, William
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Lancet
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land stewards
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Lane, Manny
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Lansley, Henry
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laundry and laundry maids
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Leighton Hall, Lancashire
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Lewis, Rosa
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livery
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London
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Londonderry House, London
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Londonderry, Marchioness of
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Longleat estate, Wiltshire
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Lothian, Marquess and Marchioness of
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maids
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maids-of-all-work
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mangles
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manservants
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footmen

Marion, Kitty
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marriages
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Massey, Mrs
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masters of the house
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McKenzie Hill, Janet
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McLeod, John
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mechanics
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Melville-Steele, Mrs Edith
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menus and recipes
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middle-classes
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mistreatment
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mistresses of the house
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Monteviot estate
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mop fairs
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motorcars
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cars

Munby, Arthur
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Muthesius, Hermann
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nannies and nursemaids
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National Insurance
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Norfolk, Duke of
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Northwick, Lord
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numbers of staff
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nursemaids
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nannies and nursemaids

office work
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old retainers
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retirement

Packman, Albert
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parlourmaids
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pensions
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perks
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Philips, Dr Marion
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‘plate’
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silverware

Portland, Duke of
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Powell, Margaret (née Langley)
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pregnancy
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preserves and pickles
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Preston Manor, Brighton
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promotions
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prostitution
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‘Pugs’
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quail and beef pudding
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Ramson, Mildred
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rations
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wages

recipes
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recruitment
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hiring staff

references, character
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religious practice
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resignation
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retirement
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Richmond, Duke and Duchess of
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Rockingham Castle
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Roman Punch
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romance
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Rothschilds family
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Rowntree, Seebohm
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royalty
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rules of the house
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codes of conduct

Russian style service
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sacking
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dismissal

salaries
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wages

Salisbury, Lord
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Sandwich, 8th Earl of
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scullery maids
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Season, London
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segregation of staff
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servants’ hall
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sex and seduction
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Shaw, Dorothy
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shooting parties and hunting season
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shop work
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