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Maldon Oral History

Rowse, Gloria
(Born 1933) Interviewed March 2018.
Gloria worked at Beeleigh Abbey, starting in 1978, employed by Christina Foyle who was the daughter of the previous owner, William Foyle. Gloria was a researcher of books but later became Christina’s PA. She describes the eccentricities of the household, including the many animals which contributed to the shabbiness and neglect of the Abbey.
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