Domestic servants, Shugborough

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Date:1935 - 1938 (c.)

Description:Laundry maid Janet Downie with 3rd housemaid Maisie Stephens standing by the River Sow at the rear of Shugborough Hall. They shared a room in the Servants' Quarters.

Janet Downie left Shugborough when the laundry was closed in 1938 and went to work at Chirk Castle. She was born on 15 April 1916 and died aged 79 in May 1995. Her married name was Jones.

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Image courtesy of: Miss R. Gould

Donor ref:Maisie Stephens Shugborough 004 (55/46266)

Source: Miscellaneous Collection

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