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In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. [1] In developed Western nations, full-time maids are now only found in the wealthiest households. In other parts of the world, maids remain common in urban middle-class households.
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A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.
Internally, the principal rooms were the courtroom and the mayor's parlour. [ 1 ] In the 19th century the courtroom served as the venue for both the quarters sessions and the petty sessions , [ 4 ] and, following significant population growth, largely associated with the status of Beccles as a market town, the area became a municipal borough ...
Illustration by William Thomas Smedley, 1906 La Toilette by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, c. 1890 – c. 1900 A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912. A maid, housemaid, or maidservant is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era, domestic service was the second-largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. [1]
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The exterior shots of 165 Eaton Place were filmed at 65 Eaton Place with the "1" painted on. [1] Upstairs, Downstairs was one of the first major colour productions to be made by LWT. [ 1 ] Interior sequences were first recorded in LWT's first studio facility in Wembley in London, for all of series one and the episode "A Pair of Exiles" in ...
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