Tuesday, May 17, 2011

as per Victorian and Edwardian era standards

Later, in 1879, he moved to Pretoria and started several companies Prada Sunglasses, including Heys and Co General Dealers as well as Geo Heys & Co’s Express Saloon and Coach Service.
Building of the Melrose House started in 1886 at the corner of Minaar and Andries Streets, Pretoria, where it still lies quietly today, facing the Burgers Park. The house was popular amongst local folk, and there’s no guessing why. “Tea and cake were served at four o’clock (pm) and whisky and soda at five o’clock Louis Vuitton Sunglasses. The men played billiards when it rained,” says a note. The Heys family had a huge staff compliment, amongst them a cook, a fulltime housekeeper, ironing servants, chamber maids, gardeners and a coachman.
Inside the house, which had mostly imported interiors and which has been restored to its original form Replica Oakley Sunglasses, the black staff members were not allowed upstairs as per Victorian and Edwardian era standards.


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