Remnants : An Audio Drama

Real Remnants 5: Girls in Domestic Service


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Hi folks! This episode explores the lives of girls in domestic service, providing what I hope is an interesting basic overview of how the profession has evolved from the Victorian period into today.


Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W22S9Tir5l0wBrmVlXY_JZkffZ6dLrmYftrEXcNVaZA/edit?usp=sharing


For Early Access to the next part of Real Remnants and Remnants' second season when it starts airing, support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios


Good starting points for exploring these topics more deeply:

  • Learn about Victorian housemaids: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/women-and-domestic-service-in-victorian-society/
  • Changes in domestic service through the 30s in WW2: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1939register/domestic-service-in-1939
  • Wages for domestic servants: https://www.chatsworth.org/news-media/news-blogs-press-releases/from-servants-to-staff-blog-series/from-servants-to-staff-how-much/
  • The state of the modern cleaning industry: https://www.policybee.co.uk/blog/uk-cleaning-industry-statistics
  • Modern domestic slavery: https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/domestic-work-and-slavery/


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