Northumberland Voices: Childhood in a country house

Hetha Butler lived at Ewart Park, Northumberland from the age of one in c.1897 until 1937. She was the grand-daughter of the social reformer Josephine Butler.

In this podcast she describes her childhood at Ewart Park. She talks about the servants in the household and being brought up by a governess. Hetha was not very interested in academic learning and describes the other activities that she enjoyed as a child, including roller skating! She also recalls the parties and entertainments thrown by her family for the “estate folk”.

Online exhibition about Josephine Butler:

https://northumberlandarchives.com/exhibitions/butler/1.html

Blogs about the St Paul and Butler families of Ewart Paul:

https://northumberlandarchives.com/test/2016/10/18/of-international-importance-the-st-paul-butler-families-of-ewart-park/

https://northumberlandarchives.com/test/2016/10/25/of-international-importance-the-st-paul-butler-families-of-ewart-park-part-two/