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Trust sites grant free open day Trust sites grant free open day
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The public is being given free access to National Trust properties to help people trace their family history.The public is being given free access to National Trust properties to help people trace their family history.
As part of its Heritage Open Days, the Trust is offering free admission to buildings which are usually closed to the public or charge for admission. As part of its Heritage Open Days, the trust is offering free admission to buildings which are usually closed to the public or charge for admission.
Genealogists will trace family trees at some, while visitors' stories will be recorded at others on 8 September.Genealogists will trace family trees at some, while visitors' stories will be recorded at others on 8 September.
A full list of the venues which are participating is available on the National Trust's website.A full list of the venues which are participating is available on the National Trust's website.
Fiona Reynolds, Director General of the National Trust, said: "Everyone's lives have shaped our collective heritage." National Trust director general Fiona Reynolds said: "Everyone's lives have shaped our collective heritage."
The memories the Trust were planning to record included: The memories the trust was planning to record included:
  • A housemaid who witnessed the swimming pool encounter between John Profumo and Christine Keeler at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, in 1961;
  • A housemaid who witnessed the swimming pool encounter between John Profumo and Christine Keeler at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, in 1961;
  • Former evacuees at Scotney Castle, Kent;
  • Former evacuees at Scotney Castle, Kent;
  • A cook who worked in the 1940s at Arlington Court, Devon, making cakes for her mistress' parrot;
  • A cook who worked in the 1940s at Arlington Court, Devon, making cakes for her mistress' parrot;
  • The last Home Guard member who defended Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, during the war.
  • The last Home Guard member who defended Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, during the war.