LIFE IN SERVICE

Reading about Highclere Castle (26 November) sparked memories of my mother’s life in domestic service. She was born in 1905 and left school at 13. Starting as a ‘skivvy’, she became a kitchen maid and then a lady’s maid, before marrying my father. She passed on her skills to me, such as the correct way to lay a table and how to pack a suitcase, and had many stories of life ‘downstairs’. It was a hard life at times but much better than some alternatives. Peggy Knock, Suffolk…

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