{"id":135722,"date":"2023-04-01T00:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-elephant-in-the-rooms-of-our-stately-homes-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-04-01T00:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:29:38","slug":"the-elephant-in-the-rooms-of-our-stately-homes-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-elephant-in-the-rooms-of-our-stately-homes-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"The elephant in the rooms of our stately homes | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNational Trust visits | Bill Tidy | Standing stones | Gene editing | Trampoline banAs a long-term member of the National Trust, I find that it usually takes me until the third room of any visit to one of their stately homes before thoughts of what exploitation of workers was necessary to provide me with a pleasant afternoon\u2019s diversion turn enjoyment into irritation and occasionally anger (Letters, 24 March). It used to take until the fourth room, but I\u2019ve got older and less tolerant.Gerald Wells Congleton, Cheshire\u2022 It would have been difficult for the writer of Bill Tidy\u2019s obituary (20 March) to mention all of his output, but I would like to add Grimbledon Down to the list. I\u2019m sure that I was not the only government scientist for whom this was the first page I turned to in each week\u2019s New Scientist.Dr Richard TowersBudleigh Salterton, Devon Continue reading…
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