Yarinya mai Glittering da Guddleing Legacy
Birnin Edwardian, Margaret Greville, ya yi alkawarin barin gidansa, Polesden Lacey, zuwa gidan sarauta. Ta bar su da lu'u-lu'u a maimakon haka kuma ya bar gidan kyau ga Ƙarin Aminiya don haka za mu iya jin daɗi.
Kwanakin Boucheron mai tsananin gaske da matar Charles Charles Charles, Camilla, Duchess na Cornwall (kamar yadda aka kwatanta a nan), na daga cikin Greville Bequest, mai ban mamaki da lu'u-lu'u, lu'u-lu'u, emeralds da rubyoki da suka bar marigayi Sarauniya Elizabeth, Sarauniya Sarauniya. , ta kusa da abokanta da kuma confidante Maggie Greville.
Ta yaya Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (Sarauniyar Sarauniya) ta ji game da ɓacewa a gidan shine zancen kowa. A halin yanzu Sarakunan Sarauniya, Elizabeth da Bertie (daga baya King George VI) sun zo tare da su a Polesden Lacey, labarin da ya karfafa su ta hanyar maigidansa, Maggie Greville da uwar Bertie, Sarauniya Maryamu. Har ma sun ciyar da gudun hijira a can.
A lokacin, shi dan ƙarami ne na sarki kuma yana buƙatar gida mai kyau da kuma samun kudin shiga irin su Polesden. Amma lokacin da ɗan'uwansa (Edward VIII) ya yaye "ga matar da nake son", Bertie da Elizabeth sun zama Sarki da Sarauniya Consort tare da fadar , wani gini da kuma wasu ƙasashe masu kishin ƙasa da za su bugawa ciki. Ba su da bukatar Polesden Lacey babu kuma. Watakila shi ya sa Maggie ya sake yin alkawarinta.
Wanene Maggie Greville, Yarinyar da Mafi Girma?
Ta yaya 'yar bacciyar wani ɗan littafin Scotland da kuma ɗakin gidan gida ya tashi ya zama mashawarcin sarauta da kuma abokantattun masu hikima, tsohon sarakuna na Girka da Spain, tauraron fim din da masu shahararrun labari ne mai ban sha'awa wanda ya faru yayin ziyararku zuwa Polesden Lacey .
A lokacin da ta shiga cikin al'umma, a ƙarshen karni na 19, mahaifinta mai shekaru miliyan ya ba da labarin girmamawa game da haihuwarta, da ya gan shi a asirce ta ilmantarwa, a ƙarshe ya yi aure da mahaifiyarta kuma ya yarda da ita a matsayin magajinsa.
Wataƙila mafi kyawun abin da ya yi mata ita ce ta inganta matsayinta a matsayin mahaifiyarsa don jawo hankalin mai kula da Hon.Ronald Greville (wanda yake da mawallafi da kuma buƙatar kuɗi) don miji.
Sashin ɓangaren zamantakewa wanda ya haɗa da Edward, Yariman Wales (daga baya Sarki Edward VII), Greville ya gabatar Maggie a cikin al'umma. "Misis Ronnie", lokacin da ta zama sananne, ta kasance mai basira da mahimmanci don kula da sauran.
Game da waɗannan Diamonds
Zaka iya samun ra'ayi na kusa da Girville tiara (wani nau'i na lu'ulu'u ne da kuma manna a hakika) idan ka ziyarci Lacsy na Polesden, bude shekara da kuma ɗan gajeren lokaci daga London.
Akwai matsala ta musamman a cikin gaskiyar cewa Camilla shine sarki wanda ya fi yawan lu'ulu'u na Greville.
Ronald Greville ya kasance wani ɓangare na caca da racing set da ya hada da abokinsa mafi kusa da yaro, George Keppel da Prince of Wales. Matar Keppel, Alice nan da nan ya zama abokin aboki na Maggie. Lokacin da Yariman Wales ta zama sarki Edward VII, Alice kuma ya zama sarki na karshe da ya fi so (ta kira shi "Kingy"). Alice da Sarki sun shafe farin ciki a Polesden Lacey a cikin ɗakin dakuna da aka haifa a gidan musamman a gare shi Alice Keppel ita ce babban kakakin Camilla, 'yar Alice, Sonia Keppel, uwargidan Maggie da tsohuwar Camilla, kuma wanene dan uwan Sonia, Ah, idan dai bangon Polesden Lacey zai iya magana.
Lokacin da Maggie da Ronald Greville suka sayi Estate Surrey, karni na 19, a Polesden Lacey, a 1906, sun shirya game da juya shi daga gidan Neoclassical mai zaman kansa da kuma gonar gona zuwa wani akwatin kayan ado na gidan da ya dace don yin nishaɗi. Greville ya mutu a 1908 kafin a kammala aikin gyaran. Amma Maggie wanda ya mutu a matsayin gwauruwa, matsayinsa a al'ummar Edwardiya yanzu yana da karfi, ya ci gaba.
Ta hayar ma'aikatan kamfanin Mewes da Davis, wadanda suka tsara Ritz Hotel a London , don sake gyara gidan - a lokacin da gidan Richard Richard Brinsley Sheridan ya kai - kasa zuwa kasa, ba a kashe kuɗi ba. Tana da dakuna 200 da abin da Birtaniya ke kira "duk halayen 'yan kasuwa" sa'an nan kuma wasu a cikin kowane.
An rarraba wutar lantarki. Gidansa na ɗakin kwana da dama yana da wayoyin salula kuma suna cikin ɗakin gida - tare da ɗakin wanansu na wanka - wani abu wanda ba a taɓa gani ba a lokacin, har ma a cikin manyan gidaje.
Wurin gidan wanka shi ne ainihin nau'i na wanan wanka a cikin Ritz a lokacin. Idan kana sha'awar abin da ke wanke ɗakin wanan wankin Yakin na London kamar yadda yake a cikin mafi girma, babban haɗin jama'a heyday, kana buƙatar kawai ziyarci Lacsy Polesden.
Hikima a Sama da Duk
Lokacin da aka tambaye shi yayi sharhi ko kuma abin kunya, Maggie Greville zai ce, "Ba na bin mutane cikin ɗakuna ɗakin kwana." Abin da suke aikatawa a wajen su shine mahimmanci. " Kuma ta yi duk abin da ta iya yi don kare sirrin baƙi.
Mrs. Greville na da ɗaya daga cikin masu tasowa na farko da aka taba kafa gida mai zaman kansa. Yana tafiya daga ɗakin ɗakin shakatawa na Mrs. Greville zuwa ɗakin ɗakin kwana don haka sai ta - ko baƙi na musamman - zai iya yin ritaya tare da hankali ba tare da wucewa a cikin ɗakin gidanta ba, wanda har yanzu yana iya shiga cikin "saloon".
An kara wa] an wani sashi a cikin gidan kawai don sauke gidan sarki - gina wa sarki Edward VII. Ƙarar Sarki - a halin yanzu an yi amfani da ita azaman ɗakin taruwa - ana iya ziyarta a daya daga cikin wuraren da ba a san shi ba. (Dubi ƙasa).
Gudanar da ziyartar wakilai daban-daban a wani taro na gida dole ne ya zama babban aiki ga Mrs. Greville da barorinta. Sarki Edward ya halarci bikin farko a gidansa a shekarar 1909. Mahaifiyarsa Mrs. Alice Keppel (tsohuwar Duchess na Cornwall - Camilla Parker-Bowles kamar yadda yake) da mijinta sun kasance a can. Amma haka ya zama farfesa da mijinta!
Muminai masu aminci da sauransu
A cikin nufinta, Mrs. Greville ya bar karuwanci na karimci ga bawan bayin da suka yi, wasu daga cikinsu sun yi aiki da ita duk rayuwarsu. Amma ba duk wanda ke aiki a Polesden Lacey ba za'a iya kidaya shi don kula da hankali na gidan. Sarakuna masu baƙi na kasashen waje, masu shayarwa na Indiya da gabas suna kawo masu dafa kansu da ma'aikata. Don hana su daga leƙo asirin ƙasa da yin tsegumi game da isowa da tashi, an rufe kullun windows. Lokacin da kuka ziyarta, ku fuskanci ƙofar gaba kuma ku dubi tagogi a bene a gefen dama na gidan. Abin da yake kama da babban nau'i na kishi a buƙatar yanke baya shi ne ainihin kayan da aka haɓaka da shi da gangan ya girma don toshe windows. Ka yi la'akari da abin da ya kamata ya kasance kamar aiki a cikin wadanda ba a dafa abinci ba, a bayan windows rufe, a lokacin rani.
Ƙasashen
Ƙungiyar Lacey mai launin fata na iya zama abin ƙyama ga maƙasudin lalacewa. Don haka kafin ka yi amfani da duk ƙarfinka na abin mamaki a cikin gidan, ka ba da lokaci a cikin gidajen Aljannah da filayen. An riga an sanya gonar injin lambu a cikin lambun furen yammacin gidan kuma akwai gonaki mai yawa da ke kewaye tare da iyakokinta mai ban mamaki, wani kusurwa don gwangwani mai laushi da wani don lokutan kudan zuma. Gidan lambuna, a gefen hanyar, ana kiyaye wannan shekara mai ban sha'awa. Bugu da ƙari, akwai 1,400 kadada na ƙasar ƙasar tare da taswirar, layi na sada zumunta na layi da duwatsu.
Ana ba da kyauta na shakatawa a kowace rana a karfe 11:30 na safe, 12:45 am, 2 na yamma da 3:15 na yamma
Gidan
Kusan arba'in da tara na Lacey na Polesden yana da dakunan dakuna 200 suna buɗewa ga jama'a kuma akwai shirye-shiryen sake dawowa da kuma sake bude wani abu. Daga minti daya ka shiga, yana da fili an gina gidan don yin nishadi. An shirya zane-zane masu tsalle-tsalle masu tsalle-tsalle masu tsalle-tsalle masu tsalle-tsalle a tsakiyar Babban Hall don manyan hanyoyi. Gidan karamin littafi na farko da aka cika da alamomi mai kyau - Meissen, Limoges, Sèvres - shine alamar farko na ɗaukakar da za a zo. A gaskiya, a duk inda kake kallo (sai dai ɗakin dakuna, wanda ya fi kwanciyar hankali da rinjaye), gidan yana kwashe shi da tarinta, azurfa, 17th Faransanci da Italian furniture, Flemish da Dutch Tsohon Masters. Kafin ka bar Babban Birnin, ka damu da zane-zane da katako. Ya haɗa da allo na bagadin da aka samo daga wani coci wanda Christopher Wren ya gina wanda ya kirkiro Cathedral St Paul. Gandar dabbar giant tana da azurfa.
Wasu daga cikin mafi kyaun zane-zane suna nunawa a cikin babban tarihin Jacobean tare da kayan ado da aka yi wa ado, gangami mai laushi. Lokacin da ta bar Lacey ta Polesden zuwa Asusun Amincewa na kasa, Maggie ya bayyana cewa mafi kyaun zane daga gidanta a Mayfair, London, za a kai shi gidan Surrey don a nuna tare.
Littafin ya ƙunshi kayan ado mai mahimmanci na karni na 19 wanda Mrs. Greville ya shirya rayuwarta ta zamantakewa - yanzu an rufe shi da hotunan mai girma da mai kyau waɗanda suke jin dadin kansu a can.
Gidan Billiard tare da mahogany ya shirya teburin tebur din din shi ne bayan bayan abincin dare don maza. Sarki Edward VII ba shakka ya buga bidiya a kan teburin ba, kuma yana maraba da ku a lokacin da kuka ziyarci.
Gidan cin abinci mai ban sha'awa da aka shirya a lokacin da ya haɗu da wasu masarauta masu yawa, jakadai, masu lura da masana da masu sauraro - Noel Coward wani lokaci ana duban kayan haya don baƙi. Binciken littafin littafin littafin, don ganin wanda ya zo abincin abincin dare, da kuma menus - a Faransanci - don ragamar 12 suna jin dadi. Daga cikin hotuna a wannan dakin, nemi daya daga cikin mahaifin Maggie, William McEwan, mai girma na Scotland wanda ya sa miliyoyin mutane suka ba da kudi na Maggie.
Mista Greville ta Tea Room , da bambanci da jin dadi na sauran ɗakin dakunan, yana da haske da kuma mata, tare da kwamitocin masu kyau da kuma kayan Aubusson a cikin tabarau na ruwan hoda, kirim, da koreran kore. Wannan ita ce inda Mrs. Greville ke kula da abokiyar mata mafi kyau. An san Sarauniya Maryamu da safe kuma ta kira kanta don shayi a wannan rana. Maggie ko da yaushe rike safiyar da ta fi so a hannunta da ma'aikatanta sun iya kwarewa duk abubuwan da ake buƙatar su a wani lokaci.
Wannan kawai shine ƙarshen kankara. Amma mun sami mafi kyau na karshe saboda ɗakin da ya fi nuni da nisa, inda aka gudanar da ƙungiyoyi mafi kyau, shine Gold Saloon.
Ƙungiyar Gilded Age
Kodayake Maggie Greville ta zama Dame na Dokar Birtaniya (OBE), ita ce take da ta taba amfani dashi. Yarinyar wani ɗan Scotland brewer, ta sanannen ta ce ta "zama dan kudan zuma fiye da farfadowa." Duk da haka, ta tattara sarakunan kamar cams a kan munduwa kuma ta zauna a cikin sarauta splendor kanta. Idan ana buƙatar wata hujja, kawai tafiya a cikin Gold Saloon a Polesden Lacey.
A lokacin da aka yi dakin wannan ɗakin, Mrs. Greville ya ziyarci Indiya inda ta kasance bako ga masanan 'yan majalisa masu yawa, wadanda suka shiga jimillar ta. Yayinda yake sha'awar Zinariya Saloon, sai ta fada wa masu gine-ginen cewa ta bukaci wani dakin "ya dace da yin Maharajah." Sun dame su ta wurin cika ɗakin tare da gilashin gilashi daga karni na 19 na Italiyanci palazzo. Duk wani wuri wanda ba a rufe shi da gilding yana nuna shi a cikin madubai da kuma ƙyalƙyali na tsohuwar ƙwayar wuta.
Ƙananan matakan gilashi da ɗakunan da aka kafa a ɗakin suna nuna daruruwan kyautai masu tamani - daga cikin dabbobi da Fabergé da cartier suka yi wa dabbobi ladabi, ƙananan kwalaye da aka sassaka, da hauren giwa, enamel da zinariya, kayan ado da aka ba da lu'u-lu'u da duwatsu masu daraja. Mrs. Greville tana jin daɗin nuna sabon baƙi abin da ya fi so da kuma (mai yiwuwa) ya furta karimcin baƙon da ya ba ta.
Bisa ga Hukumar ta Amincewa ta Duniya, an tsara dakin ta don "cike da damuwa." A bayyane yake, wasu daga cikin mutanenta sunyi la'akari da wannan dakin mai banƙyama kuma idan aka kwatanta shi a kan dutsen. Amma mafi yawancin jin dadin saɓo. Ɗauki lokaci don ɗaukar ɗayan ɗakin da yake jagoranta a kusa da kofofin zuwa Gold Saloon, don ƙarin koyo game da ƙwaƙwalwar ƙafa.
Ba a sani ba a cikin ziyartar
Ba daruruwan dakuna ba a bude su ga jama'a kuma ana amfani dashi a matsayin ofisoshin, wuraren ajiya da kuma ɗakunan aiki. Amma zo 2:15 kowace rana kuma za ku iya shiga bayan bayanan wuraren yawon shakatawa na waɗannan wuraren ɓoye. Hakanan sun haɗa da baje kolin, baƙi, masarufi, da ɗakin ma'aikata, ɗakin gida William McEwan, da kuma Mrs Greville na boudoir. A 2017, a karo na farko, yawon shakatawa za a yi a cikin King Suite - Edward VII ɗakin dakuna da ɗakin kwana.
Yawon shakatawa ba kyauta ne amma kyauta na £ 2 da mutum ya yi wa Lacey ya kwashe shi. Rahoton yana tada kuɗi don dawowa da bude kusan kashi 40 cikin dari na gidan ga baƙi.
Abinda ke Bukatar
A ina: Lacey mai lakabi, Great Bookham, kusa da Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6BD
- A lokacin: Kowace rana sai Kirsimeti Kirsimeti da Kirsimeti Day. Gidan yana buɗewa daga karfe 11 zuwa 4 na yamma (ta hanyar jagoran tafiya har zuwa 12:30 na yamma). Gidan lambuna, shagon, cafe, da gidan abinci suna buɗewa daga karfe 10 na safe.
- Admission: Akwai 'yan kasuwa, yara, iyali da kuma ƙungiya. 'Yan kasuwa na kasa da masu kula da Ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Ƙasashen waje sun tafi kyauta.
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