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Caron<p>See that tiny white dot in the middle of the tunnel? That's the other end of this access tunnel for domestic servants at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. So glad I wasn't a servant in those days!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spookyplaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spookyplaces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tunnels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tunnels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domesticservants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domesticservants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialhistory</span></a></p>
John Arnold<p>_The Evening Post_, 23 May 1924:<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DOMESTIC HELP<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SERVANTS OFFERING IN<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AUCKLAND<br>&nbsp; PRIVATE SERVICE NOT WANTED<br>(BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL TO THE POST.)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AUCKLAND, This Day.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;A domestic help problem in Auckland at present is to place those seeking engagement—certainly an unusual state of affairs. At the same time finding help for a private house is a difficult proposition, although probably not so acute as it has been in the past.…<br>&nbsp; “Several positions offered this morning were filled before they were entered on the books,” said the proprietor of another registry. “There is plenty of help available, but only for certain classes of work. Generals are scarce, but waitresses, housemaids, ladyhelps, and housekeepers are in over supply.” Most girls made stipulations such as no cooking, no washing, a day off every week, and every evening, until “Punch’s” conception of the domestic as an honoured guest seemed close to realisation.<br><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240523.2.125" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news</span><span class="invisible">papers/EP19240523.2.125</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PapersPast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPast</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Servants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Servants</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DomesticServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticServants</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Employment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a></p>
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