Housemaid at Ightham Mote
This memory is not mine, but that of my mother in law, Beatrice, nee Head. She grew up in the Girls Training Home in Boxley Road Maidstone until she was 14 when she had to go 'into service'. One of her first jobs was as a housemaid at Ightham Mote where she also looked after the two little boys belonging to the family. Unfortunately she no longer remembers the family name but says they were very kind. She remembers that the house was 'very big' and that she had to cross a wooden bridge to get to the house. I wonder if anyone else remembers working there in the early 1930s, or if anyone can remember the name of the family.
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RE: RE: Housemaid at Ightham Mote
I think the name of the family would have been Collyer-Ferguson. After the war when it was very run down, the house passed to Mr. Robinson, an American who had fallen in love with it when on holiday earlier. He cared for it until his death many years later and so the National Trust now owns it.
Comment from Brian Parsons on Tuesday, 5th July 2011.