Lenten Observance

The account is a fascinating insight into the 'in service' lifestyle which is unfamiliar to us nowadays except through TV drama perhaps. But in other ways quite familiar. Her father is quite concerned about her taking up an appointment in the depths of the Irish countryside, he goes off to the Castle and manages to get hold of "The Peerage and Who's Who". When he finds out her new employer is the richest commoner in the UK, he relents. I have taken the liberty of appending my somewhat more mundane memories of being a child in London during the second world war with bombs falling, rationing and evacuation to Horsham. Also a child educated in the 11 plus era, entering and apprenticeship, and studying mechanical engineering at Southampton University.