Title
Beaumanor Hall
Subject
Beaumanor Hall
Description
Daisy Wainwright recalls living in Woodhouse Eaves and the village's relationship with Beaumanor Hall during the 1920s and 1930s.
Creator
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Source
EMOHA
Publisher
EMOHA
Date
1985
Contributor
Photograph courtesy of Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves Local History Group. To use seek permission from http://w-we.qwkz.uk/index.html
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
.mp3
Type
Oral History
Duration
1min
Transcription
We came to Woodhouse Eaves from Lincolnshire…a lovely house was built onto the old farm buildings. It was all made of granite that was hewed from the hanging stone rocks. We had no gas, no electricity, and when there was a drought there was no water. We had to go down into the Beaumanor Park with a water cart and fetch water… We were tenants of Beaumanor… Women in the village used to go around, down to Beaumanor, scrubbing out. They had to be there at 7 o’clock in the morning until 7 o’clock at night and it was for one shilling a day… Also they used to kill a beast and sheep and those things, pigs, every week and they used to make soup, and the villagers used to queue up at the kitchen door with cans for soup.
Interviewer
M. Carter
Interviewee
Daisy Wainwright
Location
Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire
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