Reference1946/3/2D/2
LevelItem
TitleCorrespondence of William Moore Thornley, private secretary to the Earls of Radnor
DescriptionCorrespondence deals with a number of subjects including: cheesemaking at Longford Castle; tax matters on management salaries at Longford (1917 list of these); detailed profit and loss for the estate accounts during and just after World War I with suggestions how economies may be made including the use of local washerwomen for laundry, opening the gardens to the public, ways of avoiding death duties and selling property; allocating duties of Reg Trevor (the "Oddman") and W. J. Elkins (Coalman), servants at Longford, with comments about the problem of the latter's children; discussion about installing a petrol pump at Longford; complaint about the behaviour of two employees of Colas Products when they were working on the drives at Longford; the maintenance of clocks at Longford by W. Carter & Son of Salisbury; with Major F. H. J. Jervoise about boats from Longford interfering with fishing on the Avon; file marked 'Lady Radnor 1920,1923' containing notes about curing lamb skins, sugar for jam making and a circular from Mrs Massey's Agency, a domestics employment agency used by Lady Radnor
Date1912-1930
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