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  • Martin Drury remembers Vita Sackville-West's rocking horse

    Martin first arrived at Knole in 1973. His long association with Knole continues into the 21st century.
  • Dorothy Raleigh

    The early days of room-stewarding
  • Margaret Simmons née Beavin

    Head Gardener's daughter, Margaret lived for 50 years on Knole Estate
  • Richard Wakeford

    Knole's property manager for the National Trust in the 1980s
  • Leslie Farrow

    Leslie's mother was housemaid at Knole in 1880
  • Kay Stratford recalls her mother’s service in about 1900

    Kay's mother was roast meat cook in the Knole kitchen
  • Gwen Froggatt

    Gwen visited Muriel Pinner, housekeeper at Knole in 1945
  • Ian Pattenden

    Ian's grandparents were Knole front hall porters between the two world wars
  • Ann Hammond

    Ann's mother was live-in assistant to the housekeeper in 1960
  • Jim Potter

    Jim's father and grandfather worked at Knole from 1909
  • Isabel Pearce, remembers Victoria Sackville-West's wedding cake

    Isabel's great-grandfather baked Vita Sackville-West's parents' wedding cake in 1890
  • Emma Slocombe

    Inspired by Knole Project Curator, 2007-2017
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