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Stories by staff working at Knole, for the Sackville family, the National Trust and others
Acquiring Gainsborough's portrait of the marquis de Champcenetz
Behind the scenes of a thrilling 2016 auction
Alan Grubb
Bricklayer and builder at Knole, 1963-87
Ann Hammond
Ann's mother was live-in assistant to the housekeeper in 1960
Annabel Wylie
Professional textile conservator - the King's Bed project 1982-1987
Audrey Longley
Audrey's mother and two aunts worked as Still Room maids at Knole in the 1920s
Barbara Elgar
Barbara's grandmother and great-aunts worked as housemaids at Knole
Barbara Taylor
Learning Officer
Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces
Knole's carpenter in the 1960s and '70s
Charlie Beavin
Head Gardener at Knole from 1938
Christmases at Knole
Memories of interviewees from the earliest decades of the 20th century
Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980
Cyril was stonemason at Knole, 1963-84
David Arrowsmith
Knole Estate carpenter 1965-1979
Douglas Jeffery
Nephew of Knole's Housekeeper, Bertha Jeffery, in the 1920s
Emma Slocombe
Inspired by Knole Project Curator, 2007-2017
Emma Slocombe on curatorial research and re-presenting Knole
Inspired by Knole, Project Curator 2007-2017
Emmy Arlett
Knole Estate Fencer's daughter, grew up in estate cottage in the 1910s and 20s
Frances Parton
Project Curator, Knole, 2017-2019
Gerry Alabone and Mark Searle, frames conservators in 2016
Frames conservators, Inspired by Knole project (2013-2019)
Gwen Froggatt
Gwen visited Muriel Pinner, housekeeper at Knole in 1945
Hannah Kay
General Manager, Knole, from 2015
Helen Fawbert
House and Collections Manager, Knole, 2006-2018
Ian Mason
Ian's father, Frank Mason, was Knole's Estate Manager, 1943-67.
Ian Pattenden
Ian's grandparents were Knole front hall porters between the two world wars
Jack Pattenden
Memories of parents - liveried Wicket Keepers [Front Hall Porters] at Knole
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Working at Knole
Acquiring Gainsborough's portrait of the marquis de Champcenetz
Alan Grubb
Audrey Longley
Barbara Taylor
Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces
Charlie Beavin
Christine Sitwell
Christmases at Knole
Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980
David Arrowsmith
David Cattell
Douglas Jeffery
Emma Slocombe
Emma Slocombe on curatorial research and re-presenting Knole
Emmy Arlett
Frances Parton
Gerry Alabone and Mark Searle, frames conservators in 2016
Hannah Kay
Helen Fawbert
Ian Tyers
Introducing this website
Jack Pattenden
James Finlay
James P Wright
Jan Cutajar
Jonathan Sargant
Judy Raschen
Kay Stratford recalls her mother’s service in about 1900
Leslie Farrow
Lucy and Agnes Hodder
Margaret Simmons née Beavin
Martha Infray
Martin Drury
Matthew Champion
Meet the team
Melanie Caldwell on conserving Reynolds's paintings
Michael Doggett
Mr and Mrs Jack Tye
Nathalie Cohen
Nathalie Cohen
Peter and Marjorie Collins
Richard Hill
Robin Mills
Sarah Maisey conserving a Reynolds portrait
Siobhan Barratt
Stan Hollands
The Beatles at Knole in 1967
Tim Martin
Vic Paler
Victoria Phillips
William Hughes
Yannick Chastang
Zenzie Tinker
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Interviews by decade
1880s (2 interviews)
1890s (3 interviews)
1900s (4 interviews)
1910s (7 interviews)
1920s (11 interviews)
1930s (13 interviews)
1940s (18 interviews)
1950s (11 interviews)
1960s (19 interviews)
1970s (13 interviews)
1980s (13 interviews)
1990s (6 interviews)
2000s (6 interviews)
2010s (32 interviews)
2020s (4 interviews)
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