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Margaret Powell (1907 – April 1984) was an English writer. Her book about her experiences in domestic service, Below Stairs, became a best-seller and she went on to write other books and became a television personality. Below Stairs was an impetus for Upstairs, Downstairs and the basis of Beryl's Lot, and is one of the inspirations of Downton ...
The family occupied the house for some 200 years up until the last of the Powells, Margaret Powell, who died in 1951. At its peak the Nanteos estate comprised some 31,000 acres in 1800, [1] covering most of what is today Aberystwyth, and was the major employer of the county. The name derives from the Welsh for "brook" (nant) and "nightingale ...
Design an Under-Stair Laundry Room. Instead of letting the area under the stairs in your basement go unused, turn it into a laundry room like The Handmade Home does. Hide appliances behind the ...
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After its requisition by the War Office in 1941 and subsequent damage during World War II, the house was demolished in 1950. The land was later acquired by Arthur Lehman Goodhart, and the new Youlbury House was designed by Hal Moggridge as a holiday and weekend home, requested by William Goodhart QC, the son of jurist Arthur Goodhart.
Peterson’s big "happy" family was torn apart on Dec. 9, 2001, when he called 911, claiming to have discovered Kathleen alive, but unconscious, at the bottom of the staircase in their home.
In 2008 Reeman Dansie Auctioneers sold Tallon's collections of royal memorabilia, including personal letters, gifts, photographs and programmes, even though he had said in the past that he intended to leave them to The Royal Collection, as noted in the book Little Billy Tallon, a memoir by Ty Munroe, who was his under butler at Clarence House ...