Bonus Ep 34 - The INSIDES of The Great English Country Houses
The British English Podcast
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The Housemaid and the Butler
The butler and the housekeeper were in a unique position where they weren't answerable to anybody except the head of the house. They had their own separate rooms, so I'm sure that happened more often than we would imagine or not if you're imagining it a lot. The ladies maids tended to the ladies and the maids basically went around and cleaned rooms and dusted staircases. Then she was also in charge of the cook who was always a woman and then she had a cook's maid and then a scullery maid.
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