tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post898867878742529027..comments2024-03-28T06:43:54.730+00:00Comments on Tales from Parsonage Cottage: March 1899 - Notes from a MistressElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-16369450445400083182018-04-28T10:41:32.666+01:002018-04-28T10:41:32.666+01:00Hello Lilbitbrit, Welcome. A different type of...Hello Lilbitbrit, Welcome. A different type of grandeur, perhaps. I can only speak from the bottom of the heap - a happy country mouse! I do enjoy dipping into old books, especially if they are handwritten, they really set my imagination on fire!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-87805689763247698322018-04-28T10:38:48.301+01:002018-04-28T10:38:48.301+01:00I'm glad to hear that you kept them, Lettice. ...I'm glad to hear that you kept them, Lettice. I hope you also have your handwritten 'kitchen bible' and notes on all the shenanigans, even if your lips are sealed.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-45129921556398176762018-04-27T22:17:37.295+01:002018-04-27T22:17:37.295+01:00Those were the days. Even very rich people don...Those were the days. Even very rich people don't seem to really live in the grandeur that they would have done.Lilbitbrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477302589982766792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-55857023008709930262018-04-27T20:59:04.315+01:002018-04-27T20:59:04.315+01:00Not so much of the past Elaine, I have kept messag...Not so much of the past Elaine, I have kept messages to me from a ‘lady’ instructing me on specific dietary requirements. Makes me smile to read now, as I ought to say it did then, didn’t have much effect, mind. Bolshie to the last... me! My free spirit gene kept me safe and funnily enough well regarded, amazing but true.<br /><br />I can imagine you were chuffed to discover them, what a find.<br /><br />LXLetticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251998081386015052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-45678752199866800182018-04-26T18:33:48.474+01:002018-04-26T18:33:48.474+01:00I was thrilled when I first found them, a little w...I was thrilled when I first found them, a little window on the past - handwritten, so all the more special to me.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-30760085432315620062018-04-26T18:31:56.090+01:002018-04-26T18:31:56.090+01:00'Turning out' just means giving the room a...'Turning out' just means giving the room a really thorough clean, much easier these days with our modern vacuum cleaners, etc!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-11030013216733910392018-04-26T18:29:47.948+01:002018-04-26T18:29:47.948+01:00I haven't got that book, Sue. I must investig...I haven't got that book, Sue. I must investigate - see if there are any one penny bargain copies on Amazon, they often 'hide' them away so they don't show up in initial searches - thanks for telling me about it!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-33732472117537906652018-04-26T18:26:43.997+01:002018-04-26T18:26:43.997+01:00I bet it looks splendid - and I hope that the week...I bet it looks splendid - and I hope that the weekend viewers feel the magic of the place and allow you to move on to your next adventure.<br /><br />The little notes and newspaper articles reveal quite a lot about the type of household the recipe book came from. I also love it when there are little notes about how well the recipes worked...one or two are crossed out, quite emphatically. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-60191456078941821142018-04-26T16:58:16.228+01:002018-04-26T16:58:16.228+01:00Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, such happenings. So far removed f...Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, such happenings. So far removed from our world today. :-)))<br /><br />But delightful to come across, in an old book.<br /><br />wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-87565754205758159262018-04-26T12:03:51.740+01:002018-04-26T12:03:51.740+01:00How the other half lived back then but I'm a b...How the other half lived back then but I'm a bit lost at the turning out of rooms bitBilly Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-66875764322500084232018-04-26T08:58:34.264+01:002018-04-26T08:58:34.264+01:00What treasures you have in those books
Have you g...What treasures you have in those books<br /><br />Have you got a copy of the Persephone re-print " How to run your home without help?" from 1949 it's got timetables for every minute of the day! Or you might have the original I guessSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-29940101155063985362018-04-26T06:36:15.749+01:002018-04-26T06:36:15.749+01:00When we first moved here, the large grand room at ...When we first moved here, the large grand room at the back of the house, looking across the paddock, was deemed to be the Morning Room. Grandeur indeed - festooned with cobwebs, bad damp in the back wall, and a grey-shade of white on the walls. It's a bit different now and Grand again.<br /><br />How lovely to find these little snippets inside your wonderful old cookery books. It would seem that Cook's duties weren't just confined to the kitchen, which makes more sense - all hands to the pump and all that.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com