Life Below Stairs Page 13

  Powell, Margaret (née Langley) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  pregnancy ref 1

  preserves and pickles ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Preston Manor, Brighton ref 1

  promotions ref 1

  prostitution ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Pugs’ ref 1

  Q

  quail and beef pudding ref 1

  R

  Ramson, Mildred ref 1

  rations see wages

  recipes ref 1

  recruitment see hiring staff

  references, character ref 1, ref 2 , ref 3

  religious practice ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  resignation ref 1

  retirement ref 1

  Richmond, Duke and Duchess of ref 1, ref 2

  Rockingham Castle ref 1

  Roman Punch ref 1

  romance ref 1

  Rothschilds family ref 1, ref 2

  Rowntree, Seebohm ref 1

  royalty ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  rules of the house see codes of conduct

  Russian style service ref 1, ref 2

  S

  sacking see dismissal

  salaries see wages

  Salisbury, Lord ref 1

  Sandwich, 8th Earl of ref 1

  scullery maids ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  see also maids

  Season, London ref 1

  segregation of staff ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  servants’ hall ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  sex and seduction ref 1, ref 2

  Shaw, Dorothy ref 1

  shooting parties and hunting season ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  shop work ref 1, ref 2

  Sidney’s Emigrant Journal ref 1

  silverware ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Sitwell, Sir Osbert 174 skirting boards, cleaning ref 1

  socializing

  London Season ref 1

  shooting parties ref 1, ref 2

  staff ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  see also dinner parties

  Sphere magazine ref 1

  spring cleaning ref 1

  St Maur, Earl ref 1

  stable staff see grooms

  staff quarters ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  attic rooms ref 1, ref 2

  basement rooms ref 1

  outdoors staff ref 1

  Stevenson, Colonel James ref 1

  ‘still-room’ ref 1

  Streatfeild, Noel ref 1

  suffragettes ref 1, ref 2

  T

  table settings ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  telephones ref 1

  Thackery, William Makepeace ref 1

  Thomas, Albert ref 1

  Thomas, Margaret ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16

  Thomas-Stanford, Charles and Elle ref 1

  ‘tigers’ ref 1

  tips ref 1, ref 2

  toilette see bathing and washing

  tourists ref 1

  tradesmen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Trinder, Rose ref 1

  Tripp, Gill ref 1

  Tripp, Gillian ref 1

  Turner, Violet ref 1

  ‘tweenies’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  U

  uniforms ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  see also clothes

  V

  vacuum cleaners ref 1, ref 2

  valets ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  Vallandri, Aline ref 1

  Victoria, Queen ref 1, ref 2

  Victorian era ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  ‘Virgin’s wing’ ref 1

  W

  Waddesdon Hall, Buckinghamshire ref 1

  wages ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  food allowances ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  perks ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  waiters see butlers; dinner parties; footmen

  Warwick Castle ref 1

  washdays ref 1

  Watson, Lavinia Jane ref 1, ref 2

  Welbeck Abbey ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  West, Alfred ref 1

  Westall, Lillian ref 1

  Westminster, Duke and Duchess of ref 1, ref 2

  Wetherby Gardens, Kensington ref 1

  wine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Wodehouse, P. G. ref 1

  Women’s Advisory report ref 1

  Wooburn Abbey, Bedford ref 1

  Woolf, Virginia ref 1

  Wylie, Margaret ref 1

  Y

  York ref 1