Having researched my own family history (and many others), I am always interested in the lives of women in the 19th century. Domestic service played a large part many ordinary women's lives. My great-grandmother was a servant in "big house" a couple of streets away from where I live now.
In my own home I still have evidence of the importance of domestic servants - the servants bell - a device which was used to call servants to various parts of the house.
servants bell |
Fortunately, it no longer works, but I'm sure it was the bane of some poor girl's life in years gone by.
cleaning windows |
Don't try this at home!
I wonder if they really had to do this?
Love, Liz
3 comments:
That poor woman hanging out the window! This is a job for the men and their ladders and scaffolding--yikes! Seriously though, life seems to have gotten so much easier these days--at least on the homemaker front--yay!
Sindy
Hi Sindy - I agree! I would never have been able to do this! Liz
That poor girl. Thank God it wouldn't be allowed nowadays!! X
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