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Lovely blog. Love the dairy and the window and the story of the dairy maid, the maid who had it made!!

Fascinating, what a lovely story Shirley, I enjoyed it very much, especially being a romantic at heart. Great.

Love your car also!!

I wouldnt fancy getting up at 3am to make butter & cream..or anything for that matter,great story though..like the bit about the slice of meat, great pics Shirley.. loved the blog,glad you had a good day there..:o)

Great tour and history as well!

Ha ha, Lulu, the day I own a Daimler will be the one when pigs fly by! ..... I thought you'd like the window ... :o))) .......

Cinders, we had a wonderful potted history of the place told to us by an N.T. guide ... his enthusiasm shone through! ... :o) .......

Don't you do that for OH then, Joan? ... lol! It was a great shame that we weren't able to take pics as it was very much 'Upstairs, Downtairs' in one of the servant's rooms ... fascinating stuff ... .......

Thanks, Lil, you can learn so much by visiting these N.T.places ... oops, just seen where you live! .......

That's why I enjoy this site so much. Feel as though I have visited :)

Lovely guided tour Shirley, thankyou so much...:o)))

That's good then, Lil ... :o) .......

Ha ha, Sue, I think I should be paid by the N.T. for promoting so many of their places on GoY ! ... :o))) .......

Good grief! That is some trouble to go to to keep your servants out of sight Shirley! Do you think they had particularly 'unsightly' servants ;) ?.....or an obsession with underground buildings! I actually think they are amazing ...well built and fairly light...clever really, although I wouldn't like to have to use them all the time. Agree with you about that lovely window! Fascinating blog...thank you!

Enjoyed your blog Shirley - lovely place you've got there lol:D)

Loved that. best blog I have seen for a while

What a lovely place Shirley...must remember that,if we are ever down that way..The dairy and the window is just great..I love NT properties..really enjoyed the visit with you..thanks.:o)

This is a pretty house Shirley, isnt it. We went a couple years back when we stayed at Arundel. We tried to visit once before, but it was the very month it got burned down (no, I didnt drop a ciggy butt! lol). Thanks for showing, especially the tunnels (which we didnt go down) and bit of the garden, cos we went in spring. OH liked this blog too..brought back memories..

Karen, you did make me smile about the unsightly servants! ... When you read their time-table for the day, it's daunting to say the least ... basically from 5.30am to 9.30pm with barely a break ... :o((( .......

Thanks, Sheila, it's funny how we've not visited here before, as it's not too far away from us ... isn't that often the way though? .......

Brian, thankyou so much for enjoying this blog, I'm pleased I posted it now ... :o))) .......

Sandra, let me know if you're ever darn Sarf and I'll show you some of the sights ... the ones hidden away from the usual tourist trips ... lol! :o))) ......

Did you enjoy your stay at Arundel, Tet? ... I find it's becoming more and more 'touristy' these days .. all antique shops and 'Ye olde tea shoppes'! ... The fire was started by a forgetful workman with a blowtorch ... such items have been banned from all N.T. properties now ... as has the workman probably ... lol! .......

Loved the blog Shirley, its facinating to see how times have changed - imagine the domestics today having to go through a tunnel and keep out of site. I loved the stables, so much detail in the architecture.
So glad you enjoyed your day out.

and half a day off a month! Out of sight, out of mind, out of energy!

There was an old sign in the stables, Stroller, just said 'Molly' ... hope that was a horse and not a servant! ... I imagine those tunnels must have been like igloos in the depths of Winter ... :o(( .......

Dreadfully hard life, Lulu, but then again, they didnt know any different I guess ... how lucky was Mary Ann to have married and been able to go 'Upstairs' ... lol!

You're welcome, Hb, it makes you think about the past when you actually see this close up ... I think making butter was on the school curriculum as I remember shaking a jamjar of milk ... seemed like forever ... to create something resembling butter ... lol! :o)))

Lovely Shirley - used to love the school trips when we went places like this - only good days I had at school :)) Like the notice picking shrews up :D

Thanks for this, we loved the setting. We went in 1989 just before it caught fire and burned down. The fire was caused by a builders blowtorch, and painstakingly restored by the NT.

Great blog Shirley, I too love that dairy window, it mirrored the brick wall beyond it. Very interesting place. thanks.

Would you have picked up a shrew then, Paul? I know I wouldn't have! .......

Denise, I was in awe of the wonderful repair done to the fabrics within the house ... such fine detail on so many pieces ... there was a young lady cleaning an upholstered chair using a tiny brush and a low power vac. nozzle with a piece of gauze over it ... how dedicated ... blowtorches are defiinitely banned on N.T. properties now! .......

Thanks for reading this, Gm, pleased you enjoyed it .......

You were brave to down there with the shrews, Shirley.Did you see any?I really enjoyed this blog and felt I was there as well.I also loved that window, and the lovely story of the maid.Thanks for sharing this with us.

Ha ha, Rose, I didn't know about them until we were deep in the tunnels! ... No, didn't see any, thank goodness ... glad you enjoyed this blog ... :o)))

We found a dead one on our lawn,a few weeks ago....another morning ,a dead rat with no tail left..but the most intriguing was a half eaten man's Sandal!!.We think it could be the Fox,which has a nightly routine round our gardens...and the lawn has developed a large yellow patch..!Grrr...One of our neighbours had this problem,but sent for a Fox deterrant.,.so now it comes to mine instead !!..cheeky thing...

Still wondering how it managed to eat half the sandal . . . . . . .

It was the top strappy bits,that were eaten,Shirley..the sole must have been too chewy..Lol...might have been using that for a plate..for the rats tail and part of the shrew..a lovely thought for the evening ! Yuk ..:o)))

Well, thanks a lot for that interesting comment, Sandra ... I WAS enjoying my gingernut biscuit with a coffee ... :o(((

Your'e welcome Shirley..always ready to cheer you up ! Lol.
Bet you still managed your biccy,though ! :o))

Of course ... :o)))