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School is in for young butlers

Children have been learning what it takes to run a country home.
Butler School has been running at Wrest Park in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, to teach youngsters about the history and hierarchy of servants.
Children have been shown how to serve drinks and canapΓ©s at parties, the correct way to lay a table and the etiquette required by house staff.
"Wrest Park has a long history as being a magnificent stately home," said Georgina Harris from English Heritage.
"[It was the] home of the de Grey family and obviously they would have had lots of servants, lots of butlers, so it's quite fitting."
But what is a butler? One of the children taking part said: "A butler is a person that lays the table and carries drinks and food around to guests and his lordship.
"I've learnt that being a butler isn't that easy."

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