All the people in costume that you will meet at Shugborough think they are in the 1800s, so any questions outside of that era will simply confuse them.
They think £21 a year is a good wage, eight pints of beer is a normal daily allowance and a journey to London will take at least three days!
Please DO ask them about their lives. We can guarantee that the answers you get will surprise you, that the banter they spout will make you smile and that the tales they weave will leave you wanting more.
What we cannot guarantee is exactly WHO you may bump into. It may be:
Mrs Stearn, the Victorian kitchen head cook, Mr Crisp, the Butler, William Bailey, the farm Miller, Mrs Wheelock, the bailiff's wife or even the Lady of the House, Lady Anson.
All our characters are well researched individuals that really did exist - and in the mind of the superbly talented guides who portray them - they still do!!
