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Working at Knole

Stories from people who have worked for the Sackville-West family, as employees of Knole Estate or, after 1946, for the National Trust.

Alan Grubb
Bricklayer and builder at Knole, 1963-87
Barbara Tate
Housemaid to Head Guide, retired after 50 years' service
Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces
Knole's carpenter in the 1960s and '70s
Christine Sitwell
Adviser, National Trust, Painting Conservation
Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980
Cyril was stonemason at Knole, 1963-84
David Cattell
Project Architect, Inspired by Knole Project, 2013-2019
Emma Slocombe
Inspired by Knole Project Curator, 2007-2017
Hannah Kay
General Manager, Knole, from 2015
Helen Fawbert
House and Collections Manager, Knole, 2006-2018
Ian Tyers
Dendrochronologist
Introducing this website
James Finlay
Adviser, National Trust, Historic Interior Decoration
Kay Stratford
Kay's mother was roast meat cook in the Knole kitchen in 1900 - 1902
Leslie Farrow
Leslie's mother was housemaid at Knole in 1880
Martha Infray
Project Conservator, 2015-2018
Martin Drury
Martin first arrived at Knole in 1973. His long association with Knole continues into the 21st century.
Michael Doggett
Heating and Plumbing designer at Knole for 40 years
Richard Hill
Senior Project Manager, Inspired by Knole Project
Siobhan Barratt
Knole's former Project Conservator, then Knole Conservation Studio Manager, 2015-2017
Stan Hollands
Assembling the Knole silver table after WWII
Vic Paler
Related to one of the first 3 National Trust guides at Knole in 1946
Staff (31)
Not your usual 9 to 5
The 'Inspired by Knole' project (16)
Stories of today, from people working on Knole's major conservation and education project
Volunteers (9)
Stories from volunteers at Knole

Interviews by decade

1880s (1 interview)
1890s (2 interviews)
1900s (2 interviews)
1910s (2 interviews)
1920s (3 interviews)
1930s (5 interviews)
1940s (13 interviews)
1950s (8 interviews)
1960s (14 interviews)
1970s (10 interviews)
1980s (11 interviews)
1990s (6 interviews)
2000s (5 interviews)
2010s (19 interviews)

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