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It sounds like such and interesting place. Were they sharing the buns at all?
You know, I can't remember the answer now. We did ask the question and I thought they said they would be, but whether it was only with the volunteers, I'm not sure. How terrible that I can't remember!
Friday 18 April – part three: this is a great set of rules!
When you came out of the kitchen, you could tell immediately that you were in a rotunda with the curving walls. I’m fascinated by these. I bet they were a nightmare to build!
The next room we came to had another servant on the phone to someone from the village, from what we could gather, saying that they needed help urgently. It was just wonderful to watch this all being acted out in front of us.
We carried on our tour, seeing some of the rooms where the servants would’ve slept:
The window in this room….
… and the view outside of the stalactites coming down from the roof!
Then we found more servants in this room, and they were all so deep in conversation about something or other that you felt as if you’d stumbled into their world, which was kind of neat.
I loved the detail in this room:
Then we headed into what I can only assume was their recreation area. It gives you an idea of how many staff they must’ve had working here.
I absolutely loved this set of rules.
Once again, there was another living history actor/volunteer in here. We weren’t sure what she was doing, maybe making a list of things to do, and of course we couldn’t ask her, and there wasn’t a volunteer in here to ask, which was a bit of a shame.
I loved the little touches, like this copy of the newspaper from King George V’s coronation. Look at the date on it!
I said to Mark that I bet the servants had some really fun times around this piano!
Outside, you had details of the various rooms, and who was staying where…
… and of course the bells - should anyone need anything, all they had to do was ring, and we heard them ring quite a few times, which was very neat.
We headed down this corridor to see the beer cellars, very important of course…
Then we found ourselves back near the kitchen, and having loved it so much the first time around, we had to pop back in again, and it was still bustling in here, with the cooks working hard on their Easter treats!
I don't think I have ever seen Dartford that quiet and I crossed at 6am the last time. You really couldn't have picked a better weekend weatherwise and I would never have predicted that as Easter can be awful but this weekend was beautiful.
I love all the detail. Really sounds like a "fly on the wall" experience going through the rooms, watching the activity, but it's like you're invisible.
I have to say it is so nice to see leaves on the trees - we still just have the buds over here.
This is just so fasinating. I'm taking a weekend trip to Mount Vernon and this is getting me excited to see the displays there.
I noticed on the Rules that it said Bury St Edmonds. Is that where this is located? That is where my bother in law grew up and the town where my grandmother lived in before she came to the states. My BIL and sister now live up north in Durham County, Newton Aycliffe.
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I don't think I have ever seen Dartford that quiet and I crossed at 6am the last time.
I know - amazing, isn't it?
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You really couldn't have picked a better weekend weatherwise and I would never have predicted that as Easter can be awful but this weekend was beautiful.
I seem to remember from reports from friends that there was snow last year for Easter. We were in Germany and it snowed a lot there, but I remember a friend who lived local to us saying there had been snow flurries in Kent, which was unheard of for that late in the year.
I love all the detail. Really sounds like a "fly on the wall" experience going through the rooms, watching the activity, but it's like you're invisible.
That's a really good way of putting it, although I will be honest, at times while we were like flies on the wall, I did feel a bit out of place to have that all going on around me and not be able to interact....
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We did ask the question and I thought they said they would be, but whether it was only with the volunteers, I'm not sure. How terrible that I can't remember!
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