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Dorothy Dawes talked about her life as a
servant to her daughter-in-law Lorraine Dawes in 1991. The 1930s were as
vivid to her as your teenage years are or will be to you.
Why not ask some of your older relatives
about their life when they were young?
Sources of evidence
- Oral evidence from Dorothy, written down in 1991
- Photographs from her photograph album
- Her recipe book
- Photographs taken on a visit to the gardens of The Hill on
2004
- Photographs from a website about Thomas
Mawson, landscape gardener
- Photographs from a website about Andrew Weir (Lord Inverforth)
www.red-duster.co.uk/AWEIR.htm
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In the 1930s
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Now
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Dorothy left school at 14
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school-leaving age:
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Her working week was 6½ days
and her working day was 6.30am to late evening, sometimes 10pm
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typical working week:
typical working day:
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Houses were heated by burning wood and coal
in grates and ranges
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She travelled around by bicycle, bus and
train
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Can you think of any more comparisons? |