ArtsNational Perth - The housekeeper's tale
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This lecture could have as easily been titled "The women who really ran the English country house". Working as a housekeeper was one of the most prestigious jobs a 19th and early 20th century woman could want, and also one of the toughest. A far cry from the Downton Abbey fiction, the real-life housekeeper was up against capricious mistresses, low pay, no job security and gruelling physical labour. Until now, her story has never been told. Delving into secret diaries, unpublished letters and the neglected service archives of our stately homes, Tessa Boase tells a series of poignant and dramatic stories about some of Britain’s most prominent households which are all, today, open to the public.
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