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Duties : 1) Single-handed to maintain the one acre garden, paddock, greenhouse and conservatory 2) Clean knives and shoes 3) Cut wood for fires in house 4) Light boiler daily 5) Pump 500 strokes from well to fill water tank for household use and extra when guests visited 6) Store apples, pears, potatoes and onions in loft 7) Feed and slaughter when necessary the Rhode Island Red chickens and finally 8) sweep paths.
Pay and hours as described.
Another free visit during English Heritage Open week was to Thomas Hardy's house. Although it was primarily about Hardy, it was the lives of his employees, chambermaids, kitchen maids, gardener etc that really caught my attention.
Fancy a new job?
Duties : 1) Single-handed to maintain the one acre garden, paddock, greenhouse and conservatory 2) Clean knives and shoes 3) Cut wood for fires in house 4) Light boiler daily 5) Pump 500 strokes from well to fill water tank for household use and extra when guests visited 6) Store apples, pears, potatoes and onions in loft 7) Feed and slaughter when necessary the Rhode Island Red chickens and finally 8) sweep paths.
Pay and hours as described.
Another free visit during English Heritage Open week was to Thomas Hardy's house. Although it was primarily about Hardy, it was the lives of his employees, chambermaids, kitchen maids, gardener etc that really caught my attention.