Cobwebs and Cream Teas : A Year in the Life of a National Trust House

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780752834108
• ISBN10: 075283410X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Orion Publishing

Summary

When Mary Mackies husband became Houseman at Felbrigg Hall, one of the stately homes of Britain's National Trust, she suddenly found herself Assistant Drain-Clearer, Doorbell-Answerer, Flower Arranger, and Rodent Exterminator. But balancing all the hard work were the exciting discoveries and the certainty that life would never be dull again.

Table of Contents

Novices in Norfolk	7	(13)
Winter---The `Closed' Season	13	(48)
A Portrait of Felbrigg	13	(4)
Winter Routines	17	(2)
The Secret Stair	19	(3)
The Library	22	(3)
The Attics	25	(1)
It Never Rains...	26	(3)
Diary of a Winter Day	29	(4)
The Truth about Polishing	33	(1)
Secrets of the Ceilings	34	(4)
Cleaning the Chandeliers	38	(2)
The New Restaurant	40	(3)
The Ice-House	43	(2)
Felbrigg Throws a Party	45	(2)
Of Mice and...	47	(1)
Inside Information	48	(2)
The Base Camp	50	(1)
Spring Walks	51	(3)
The Quickening of the Year	54	(2)
Another Discovery	56	(1)
Setting up for Opening	57	(4)
Spring---The Opening Season	61	(32)
Our Very First `Open' Day	61	(3)
Though the Day Be Long...	64	(5)
Free Days	69	(1)
Easter	70	(4)
Mirrors to an Exhibition	74	(1)
A Concert Evening	75	(5)
Odds and Ends	80	(2)
Flowers	82	(2)
Room Wardens	84	(2)
Outside Events	86	(3)
Visitors Various	89	(2)
Base Campers	91	(2)
Summer---The High Holiday Season	93	(35)
Changes	93	(1)
School Tours	94	(3)
The Morning Room---and `Mad' Windham	97	(1)
Fishing at Felbrigg Lake	98	(1)
The `Living History' Project	99	(6)
Another Opening, Another Show	105	(3)
Callers	108	(1)
The Gardens	109	(2)
The Germans	111	(6)
All on a Summer's Day	117	(11)
Autumn---The Mellowing Season	128	(29)
Help! Relief Ticket-Seller Wanted	128	(3)
VIPs from America	131	(1)
Meanwhile...	132	(3)
The New Flower-Arranger	135	(1)
Acorn Camps	136	(1)
Fire Practice	137	(1)
The Ketton Diaries	137	(3)
Darkening Days	140	(1)
Evening Occasion	141	(5)
Samaritan Tendencies	146	(1)
The Dining Room	147	(2)
The Regional Committee Dinner	149	(8)
Winter Again---The Christmas Opening Season	157	(1)
Winding Down	157	(1)
Dust Covers	158	(1)
The Visitation	158	(2)
Into Hibernation?	160	(2)
The Armada Chest	162	(2)
The Roof	164	(2)
Of Ghosts and Gremlins	166	(2)
Christmas is Coming...	168	(1)
Party Time	169	(4)
Last Word	173