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The '''hall boy''' or '''hallboy'''<ref name="Davies2014">{{cite book|author=Tony Davies|title=The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EojWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT98|date=15 March 2014|publisher=Dolman Scott Publishing|isbn=978-0-9568294-7-4|page=98}}</ref> was |
The '''hall boy''' or '''hallboy'''<ref name="Davies2014">{{cite book|author=Tony Davies|title=The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EojWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT98|date=15 March 2014|publisher=Dolman Scott Publishing|isbn=978-0-9568294-7-4|page=98}}</ref> was a position held by a young male [[domestic worker]] on the staff of a [[great house]]. Usually a [[boy]] or young teenager. The name derives from the fact that the hall boy usually sleeps in the [[servants hall]].<ref name="JoySeaman2007">{{cite book|author1=E. Joy|author2=M. Seaman|author3=K. Bell|coauthors=M. Ramsey|title=Cultural Studies of the Modern Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGeJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|date=9 December 2007|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|isbn=978-0-230-61004-0|page=98}}</ref> |
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Like his female counterpart, the [[scullery maid]], the hall boy would have been expected to work up to 16 hours per day, seven days per week. His duties were often among the most disagreeable in the house, such as emptying [[chamber pot]]s for the higher-ranking servants, and (in the absence of a [[boot boy]]) cleaning the [[boot]]s. |
Like his female counterpart, the [[scullery maid]], the hall boy would have been expected to work up to 16 hours per day, seven days per week. His duties were often among the most disagreeable in the house, such as emptying [[chamber pot]]s for the higher-ranking servants, and (in the absence of a [[boot boy]]) cleaning the [[boot]]s. |
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The hall boy or hallboy[1] was a position held by a young male domestic worker on the staff of a great house. Usually a boy or young teenager. The name derives from the fact that the hall boy usually sleeps in the servants hall.[2]
Like his female counterpart, the scullery maid, the hall boy would have been expected to work up to 16 hours per day, seven days per week. His duties were often among the most disagreeable in the house, such as emptying chamber pots for the higher-ranking servants, and (in the absence of a boot boy) cleaning the boots.
A hall boy could rise through the ranks and, if fortunate, eventually become a valet or butler. Arthur Inch, butler technical consultant for the film Gosford Park, stated in an interview that he began his life in service as a hall boy at the age of 15.[3]
See also
- The Edwardian Country House – historical re-enactment show with a hall boy as one of the re-enactors
References
- ^ Tony Davies (15 March 2014). The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home. Dolman Scott Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-9568294-7-4.
- ^ E. Joy; M. Seaman; K. Bell (9 December 2007). Cultural Studies of the Modern Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-230-61004-0.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Rogers, Patricia Dane (30 November 2003). "The butler did it--but how?". Chicago Tribune. The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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