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Some of the staff around 1900
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Like many large houses of the period almost everything was provided by 'in house' staff. The Leons provided comfortable homes for their staff, together with milk and some produce from the farm. Mrs Perkins talks about the milk The 1891 census lists all those living on the estate, although there were others employed at Bletchley Park who lived elsewhere in Bletchley. Mrs Perkins talks about Miss Poet the cook Martha Doubleday (also aged 39) who was then Lady Leon's ladies maid, Louisa Garbit a sick nurse, two house-maids Kate and Alice Harrison, Marrion Clarke (aged 17) the scullery maid, Jane MacMillan (aged 32) the Dairy-maid, Mrs Perkins talks about the dairy Mrs Perkins talks about making ice cream Emma Studman (aged 27) the kitchenmaid, Mrs Perkins talks about the goose catching fire Mrs Perkins talks about the Larders at Christmas John Williams (aged 22) the footman and a local lad Frederick Crane (aged 16) a page. Mrs Perkins talks about the Leon's parties In the stable yard lived seven grooms - Albert Edward Boxall (aged 26), Arthur Stoneham (aged 23), Henry Busson (aged 27), Albert Clifford (aged 25), William Burfoot (aged 17) and George Studman who was only 16. There were also three gardeners living in the stable yard - James Colfett (aged 28), Thomas Baskerville (aged 24) and Joseph Henley (aged 22). Mrs Perkins talks about the changes caused by the First World War
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