Domestic Work

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Advert for maid servant, 1756
newspaper

Advert for maid servant, 1756

Extract from the Salisbury Journal for 29 March 1756. Advert for maid servant posted by Joseph Brassett (Braffet) of Poole.
Newspaper
Blue Boar Lane
photograph

Blue Boar Lane

Museum Ref No: D_Blue_Boar_Lane_0002
Blue Boar Lane, 1957. Looking away from the Quay. Washing lines across Lane. Central drain.
Photograph
Housekeeper 1756
newspaper

Housekeeper 1756

Extract from the Salisbury Journal for 28 June 1756. Advert for a "Sober woman" who is a dissenter as a housekeeper. Washing and brewing are not permitted but needlework is an option. Joseph Brassett of Poole mentioned.
Newspaper
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Jack Spinney

Museum Ref No: SA 004 GMS - 20-11-79.mp3
Jack Spinney descibes the family washday in the years before WWI. Recorded 1979
Audio video
King Street
photograph

King Street

Museum Ref No: D_King_Street_0007
King Street, yard to rear of 2-4. Washing equipment in yard. Photograph Barbara Bristowe
Photograph
audio_video

Spinney, Jack

Museum Ref No: SA 004 GMS - 20-11-79.mp3
Jack Spinney describes ironing in the years before World War I. Recorded 1979
Audio video
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Spinney, Jack Spinney

Museum Ref No: SA 004 GMS - 20-11-79.mp3
Jack Spinney describes cooking at home in the years before World War I. Recorded 1979
Audio video