Cobwebs and cream teasMary Mackie1990

"One of the plumbers who was working on the gents lavatory strolled into the drawing room to see what his mates were up to. He walked right across the precious carpet, with boots caked with wet mud, plaster, cement..." When Mary Mackie's husband became houseman at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, she suddenly found herself assistant Drain-Clearer, Doorbell-Answerer, Flower arranger and rodent exterminator. Endlessly running up and down corridors and stairs, she made visitors welcome, kept unwelcome visitors at bay, and assisted with concerts, dinners and vast cleaning rogrammes. But the rewards made all the hard work worthwhile with exciting discoveries such as hidden staircases, treasures in the attic and ice house in the woods. And life would certainly never be dull, or idle, again!