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Oral history clips recounting working lives in domestic service for Scottish aristocratic families. Topics covered include: spending the season in London | travelling abroad | the duties undertaken by lady's maids and housemaids | meeting members of the royal family, attending royal weddings and coronations | working in service during the Second World War, taking in evacuees and contributing to the war effort | the working conditions of domestic staff | the demise of the Scottish country estate. Click on a clip below to find out more and a full summary or transcript.
These extracts come from the oral history collections of Scottish Borders Council.
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• | Interview with Chrissie Crombie, Lady's Maid from Newtown St Boswells in the Scottish Borders | ||
• | Interview with Dorothy Blake (b.1900), Lady's Maid from the Scottish Borders |
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