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7. At 8 o clock Vera and I retired to our servants quarters. I lay stretched out on the bed writing a letter to my mother while Vera sat in a chair reading a racy novel from the 1920s. Just at that moment we heard a noise outside the...

6. It was Thursday afternoon... the Easter weekend and the school holidays were upon us. I was in Rebecca's bedroom where I had just put up the new curtains . I was busy wiping the window ledges and putting the finishing touches to the lovely...

Kind of miss the old Yahoo Groups... you could join lots of groups and every time someone posted you d get an e mail of their post often with photos in the e mail too... Face book is ok... but they dont send you any e mails !

5. It was Easter Week........ the Wednesday before Good Friday. I was in the workroom that leads off from the kitchens...... I was lining some curtains for Rebecca's bedroom. Rebecca was due home from school the following day as it was the...

4. As the weeks passed slowly by, life at Horsham fell into a routine. There was no end to my duties..... serving meals..... helping in the kitchen..... polishing the brass work..... cleaning the stair carpets. Between them.... Mrs Fitzsimmons...

3, Life at Horsham Manor was a new adventure for me..........helping in the kitchen...........serving at table..........running errands to the village shops...... I was kept fully occupied all the livelong day. Martha Simkins the cook gave me lots...

2, It was only a matter of days before Mrs Fitzsimmons wrote to my mother confirming my position as parlour/kitchen maid at Horsham Manor. Before long I found myself a resident at that wonderful old house ...... sharing a room with Vera .... a...

Horsham Manor 1 It was April in the year 1936.... I was just 16 years old. My days as a schoolgirl were over... I had left the village school and my school friends far behind. It was time to think of the future and...

The next day at 11 o clock she appeared in my office wearing a red tailored suit and skirt.... her hair elaborately coiffured. She was on her way to a luncheon in the city of London. "Its all bankers....." she said mournfully..... "and I v'e got...

As we kissed I put my hand up and felt her hair.... it felt like silk.... I touched her cheek. With my laid back attitude Fergie thought I was being shy and deferential.... she took my hand and put it on her breast. It was a charming...

10. You can imagine that evening back at home in Reading.... my little sister Kate snuggling up to me on the couch and mum in her easy chair by the window. They could hardly believe my watery escapades with Diana and my underwater...

8. In June of 1991 it seemed that Fergie and Diana had it all.. they had married the two most eligible bachelors in the kingdom and they were now part of the Royal Family. They lived in Palatial surroundings with every luxury and...

7. It was on Thursday the 21 June when the Duchess entered my office for a chat. She was dressed casually in blue slacks and an ice blue tee shirt.... her hair tied in a pony tail. She sat opposite me and rested her hands...

Hi, just thought it would be nice to have a seperate category... Celeb Stories....

5. 11 o clock Friday morning found me in my office typing out an extraordinary number of invitations to a garden party that was to be held in the summer. I was engrossed in my task when I heard a tap on the door. "Come.... " I...

3. In October 1990 Sarah and Andrew moved into Sunninghill Park.... a spacious mansion built specially for the young couple... with a walled garden... tennis courts.... swimming pool and 5 acres of woodland. It was around that time that I...

Fergie 1. The year 1986 had its share of disasters I remember. It was the year the Challenger Space Shuttle blew up on take off .It was the year of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...