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The Vicar of Alstonefield, the Rev. W.H. Purchase, with his family and staff at the Vicarage.
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The Baker family in the Walled Garden at Shugborough. Cecil George Baker (left) was the Walled Garden tenant between 1932 and 1939. Next to hime is his wife Sylvia, son Colin and one of Colin's uncles. The other son, David, is hiding behind his mother.
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Alfred Bate was chauffeur to the Meakin family of Creswell Hall.
He is seen here in an early Daimler car.
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Two chauffeurs from the Shugborough Estate. On the left is George Rose.
On the right is the Anson Britzchka Chariot or Dormeuse, which is now held in the County Museum's collection. On the left is the Shugborough fire engine, which has not been seen since the Second World War.
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Shugborough's chauffeurs with friends and family on a day out on Cannock Chase.
At the back is Lawrence Nelson (Head Chauffeur at Shugborough) and a family friend. In the middle row is Alice Nelson, Lois Mitchell and Richard Knott (Under Chauffeur at Shugborough). At the front is Judy Mitchell.
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Bertram Thomas Ball with his housekeeper Miss Cecelia Williams in the garden of Coton Hill Farm.
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A group of domestic servants at Shugborough's servants' quarters.
Left to right: Maisie Stephens(Housemaid), Molly (1st Kitchen Maid), the Pantry Boy, and Janet Bailey (nee Sherratt, 2nd Kitchen Maid). Janet is dressed for her half-day off.
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Janet, 2nd Laundry Maid, and George Ferneyhough, Carpenter and Odd Job Man, standing on the Laundry drying green at Shugborough.
The drying green is now the site of the restaurant at Shugborough.
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Creswell Hall was owned by the Meakin family, who were pottery manufacturers. Alfred Bate (back row, third from the left) was the chauffeur, the gardener, Jerry Tag, is wearing leggings. The other servants are unknown.
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Louise Smith, seated on the front row second from the right, was the cook at Shugborough in the 1890s.
She married Thomas Langley and left domestic service before the age of 30 to keep house for her mother. She died in 1966 aged 92.
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Formal photograph of domestic staff at Shugborough Hall. The kitchen and laundry staff wear white dresses.
On the right a blacksmith and man servant hold a mastiff, which was used as a guard dog.
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