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Mollie Moran is one of the few people alive today who is able to remember working "downstairs" in the first 1930s before the outbreak of World Conflict II. In Minding the Manor, she provides a rare and interesting insight into a global that has long since vanished. Mollie remaining school at time fourteen and became a scullery maid for a prosperous gentleman with a mansion house in London's Knightsbridge and a Tudor manor in Norfolk. Despite the fact that her days were long and grueling and included such countless responsibilities as polishing doorknobs, scrubbing steps, and aiding challenging food prep in the kitchen, Mollie liked her liberty and acquired a wealthy life. Like any bright-eyed teen, Mollie also spent her days daydreaming about males, dresses, and dances. She appreciated her camaraderie with Flo, the kitchen maid, dated a special farmhand, and became secretly associated with a brooding and temperamental footman. Molly eventually increased to kitchen maid and then became make meals for the Earl of Leicester's niece at the amazing Wallington Hall.