The upstairs servants ate in the servants' hall. The pantry girls ate with the house-maids there. The nurses ate with old Lady Inverforth - their meals were sent up on a tray. I only saw the old Lady twice in all the years I was there. Meals had to be dead on time - and there were always five or six courses. We didn't eat with the gardeners or the men who looked after the cars. They lived in a separate block over the old stables where the cars were kept. The chauffeur and the head gardener both had cottages in the grounds. The girls were segregated from the men - going out with each other was frowned upon.

My uniform at Lord Inverforth's was provided for me. We even had a choice of 3 or 4 styles, all in mauve, with tall chef's hats worn in the kitchen. All our laundry was done for us - it came back all pressed ready to wear. The servants used to get passed on the clothes that were no longer wanted by the Family. Mostly the maids upstairs got those.