John Harris continues his memoirs, drawing together incidents and adventures. We hear of his antics during his short apprenticeship at Heal's. He shudders at the horrors of the Hazelwood Chuckle House, travels to Czechoslovakia and discovers the glories of a decayed baroque suite of apartments.
This guide to the world of Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs, reveals the habits of the great and the good of the Edwardian era and the duties of the servants that made it all possible. All the tips and tricks of Edwardian housekeeping are revealed from growing prize blooms and vegetables in the garden to preparing cuisine in the kitchen.
Wotton, in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, has been dealt many blows and survived them all. Today it is a blossoming country house with the mark of Sir John Soane's essential reconstructions after fire struck in 1820. In 1953 after being employed as a boy's boarding school the house was left empty. ...
