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Re: Professional Distance

Very true! Makes a change to see smeoone spell it out like that. :)

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Re: English Butler Project

Thanks alot - your answer solved all my problems after seevral days struggling

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Finding work as butlers & Embassy

Hallo Everybody! I am a new member in this forum and very interested in becoming a butler. Here below I wrote some questions for you. - I would like to know if there are some pre-requisites to work for...

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Re: Finding work as butlers & Embassy

Hello Davide, Thank you for your posting. Here are my thoughts on your various questions. Q. I would like to know if there are some pre-requisites to work for an Embassy as a butler. A. In general to...

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Crest on the crystal

We have changed the crystalware in the house recently. The new set has a decorative engraving instead the official crest. The crest on glasses would face to the guest, but I feel that the decorative...

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Re: Crest on the crystal

Dear Imre, Thanks for the enquiry. It seems the engraving is less clear when seen through crystal. But what does the engraving look like when there is wine or water in the glass? All the best, Steven...

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Re: Finding work as butlers & Embassy

Dear Werner, First of all thank you so much for answering the message posted on September 26th. Secondly sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I have just few questions that I forgot to ask you...

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Re: Crest on the crystal

Thank you Steven for your reply, and sorry for not being able to reply until now. Please see the picture with water and wine in the glass. Tried to take the photo from the guests view. Water and white...

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Re: Crest on the crystal

Hi Imre, I've reset Forum to accept your image so please try and upload again Clive

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Re: Crest on the crystal

Thanks, Clive. Hello Imre, You can go ahead and upload the photo, but based on your written description, I'd say you have answered the question: have the crest forward for red and behind for white and...

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Re: Finding work as butlers & Embassy

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Re: What Butler Duties are Obsolete?

Quote from Steven on August 11, 2011, 17:28 IP: 86.195.5.226 Posted on July 27, 2006 at 09:51:19 AM by J.Carter I often get teased by friends when I tell them I'm a butler - "Do you really iron the...

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Re: Hotel Butler Association?

The Butler's Book is everything the butler needs in terms of information, including resources and contacts, in order to run the Estate. It is his database, and today, is largely but not exclusively...

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Butler / Chauffeur

I would like to enhance my skills and take some driving courses, is there any school in UK or Europe to get Bentley or Rolls Royce trained please ?? any information would be very much appreciated, many...

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Re: The International Butler Academy, Holland

Hello, I attended The International Butler Academy in 2005 and was in the same class with Patricia Stutts, who wrote the piece about TIBA in this forum. I enjoyed the training at TIBA and it opened up...

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El centrocampista francés Jéremy Toulalan será baja segura en el Málaga

<p class="first">Málaga, 24 sep (EFE).- El centrocampista francés Jéremy Toulalan será baja segura en el Málaga para el partido de liga del próximo sábado en el camisetas de inter de milán...

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Re: Evening attire for butlers

As far as the evening wear that is used in our household, the butlers tailcoat has a minor difference in the pattern of silk on the lapels. While my employer wears a full silken lapel, mine only has...

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Re: What Butler Duties are Obsolete?

It really depends on the household. Some are more modern than others. Ours is an older, more traditional house and there are still many things done the "old-fashioned" way such as sweeping the stairs...

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Re: Butler Sleeves

I had a hard time finding a decent pair of black cotton oversleeves as well. When I first went into service, I ended up taking one of the black dress shirts from my previous life, which I was no longer...

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Re: The life of a modern valet and butler

The Glass City Industrial Living History Project is currently producing a youtube series revolving around the restoration and bringing up to full speed with full staff of a large Victorian mansion in...

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