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From: Stan Bayne <>
Subject: The Holy of Holies
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 19:13:48 +1200
Recently I was doing a biography for an Englishman who mentioned the
common practice in England of keeping the front room of the house for
special occasions. He said:
"We had a front room, but in those days we were never allowed to go in
there. The English custom was to keep the front room for high days,
holidays and visitors - not for ordinary people like me. I can
remember going in there only once or twice in my life. Even then it
was only opened up for special visitors, and I can recall that on those
occasions I would have a complete spring clean - washed and brushed
and put into my best clothes, just to go into the front room to meet the
important visitors and come out about two minutes later! I would be
immediately taken out of my good clothes and put back into my ordinary
things. We werent peculiar in that - everyone did this."
That was back in the period 1925-1935. Is this still a custom in the
UK?
Stan Bayne, Wellington, New Zealand > Looking
for: BAYNE, Lancs, Ches; BEARDSHAW, BELL, STAINROD, THOMPSON, Notts.
Vivat Regina!
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