Posted by Adam Quinan on March 11, 2006 at 14:16:17 from 72.136.51.111 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Beckfoot posted by Peter Ceresole on March 11, 2006 at 14:03:05:
My grandparents employed a live-in maid before WW2, my grandfather was a family doctor in a small Somerset town, having retired from the Indian Medical service.
After the war they had a cleaning lady, Mrs Woodley. When she "retired" I can remember that she still used to come down once a week and chat with my grandmother and sometimes do small odd jobs around the house. I suppose it was my grandparents way of supplementing her old age pension without making her feel that she was a charity case.