Comments on: The Dromana Gate, Co. Waterford, Ireland https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/#comment-14552 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:53:14 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12226#comment-14552 In reply to TOM GARDNER.

The articles are great fun, thanks. It is tempting to see Mar-a-Lago as a giant folly…

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/#comment-14542 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:55:37 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12226#comment-14542 In reply to Editor.

OK! (REMEMBER YOU ‘ASKED’ FOR IT!) 23 JUN 24
VIA A CONVERSATION WITH THE EDITOR OF: ‘NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY’, DAVID,
HE SUGGESTED, THAT NOW THAT I HAD OFFERED MY READERS ‘INSIGHTS’ – AS TO MY TEN EMPLOYERS’ RESIDENCES; IT WOULD BE A ‘LOGICAL – SEQUEL’ TO SHARE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF MY ‘LADIES’ – WHO CALLED ME …
‘THOMAS’ AND MORE OFTEN, SIMPLY … “TOM”.
DAVID’S – ‘NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY’ – DID A DOUBLE ARTICLE, WITH PHOTOS, ON JUST THE CHAPTER OF MY TIME WITH MRS. POST @ MAR-A-LAGO c. 1967.
(TO VIEW, ENTER: NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY (THEN) MAR A LAGO.
GOD WILLING – MY LADIES, THOUGH NO LONGER WITH US, WILL SMILE.
SO, THANKS FOR ASKING.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT OFFERING.
TOM (THE ONCE FORMER BUTLER)

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/#comment-14537 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:33:05 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12226#comment-14537 In reply to TOM GARDNER.

Good evening Tom. I’m sure a life in the modern version of ‘in service’ is very much a profession. I look forward to hearing more about the sequel.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/#comment-14536 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:30:55 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12226#comment-14536 In reply to Ashley.

Thank you Ashley. I really appreciate your kind words.

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/#comment-14535 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 18:42:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12226#comment-14535 GREETINGS FROM ‘THE BIG APPLE’ – 22 JUN 24
IN MY YOUTH (c. 1967), I FOUND ‘EMPLOY’ IN THE ‘DOMESTIC’ PROFESSION; AND BELIEVE ME, WHEN DONE CORRECTLY … IT IS – A ‘PROFESSION’.
ON MY THIRD ‘LOCATION’ – GOING FROM ‘HOUSEMAN’ IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND TO:
4TH FOOTMAN (JR. BUTLER), FOR MRS. MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST @ HER WINTER ADDRESS: ‘MAR-A-LAGO’ (PALM BEACH, FLORIDA); I PERSONALLY ‘EXPERIENCED’ WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO LIVE IN A… ‘FANTASY WORLD’. WE WERE – FORTY-FIVE IN ‘STAFF’.
‘MMP’ (AKA ‘MOTHER’ – HER NICK NAME TO THE STAFF) WAS THE CLOSEST & PERHAPS THE LAST AMERICAN ‘INDIVIDUAL, WE ‘YANKS’ EVER HAD OF … ‘ROYALTY.
ERGO, YOUR SUPURB OFFERINGS OF ‘STRUCTURES’ FROM A ‘BYGONE ERA’ ARE TRULY MEANINGFUL TO ME.
MY BOOK (SORRY FOR THE PLUG) – ‘THE BUTLER WORE GUCCIS’ -OFFERS THE AMERICAN INSIGHT AS TO OUR ATTEMPT TO … FOLLOW YOUR HISTORICAL INSPIRATION.
GOD WILLING: THE SEQUEL IS TITLED: ‘THE BUTLER’S LADIES’ (IN PROCESS).
CHEERS AND THANKS
TOM GARDNER

]]> By: Ashley https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-dromana-gate-co-waterford-ireland/#comment-14534 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 15:11:40 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12226#comment-14534 These are great articles. Always very enlightening. A Saturday treat to see what you’ve found next!

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