Due to technical issues on Tuesday evening, we were unble to listen to Sarah Webb's presentation -
'𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫'
Sarah, who is a Trustee at Tabley House, has very kindly recorded the talk for us and has made it available for 3 weeks at the following link
Huge thanks to Sarah for this very kind provision.
Synopsis -
This illustrated talk tells the story of the redecoration of the Tabley House dining room in 2008/09. It looks at how the room worked in the Victorian period; what the table was like and how diners got into the room. It tells the story of the visit of Queen Emma of Hawaii in 1865 who stayed at Tabley to visit Liverpool and Manchester. Lastly, it explores the lives of two men who worked in the dining room, John Lipscombe a butler and Obadiah Hewitt a footman and the clever boy next door.