The Big House presented by Judith Shingler and Allison Peak from Ambleside Oral History Group.

Everyone welcome (donation requested from non members)

“Fancy! Sixteen staff looking after the one lady”
A glimpse of life in various Lake District houses built in the 19th Century from the viewpoint of those living or working in them during the early 20th Century. An audio-visual talk using extracts from interviews with people who lived or worked in some of the mansions around the area in the 1920s and 30s.