downton Abbey question

[flipnflap]

what caused the valet Bates to be lame?

[anagram]

War wound.....maybe.

[emmie]

Probably a war wound.

[sir.prize]

That's correct, anagram.

Bates was wounded in the war and it has left him lame.

Source: http://www.downtonabb...ers-in-downton-abbey/

[plautus]

Which war, as the programme is set before WWI?

[jackthehat]

He was the Earl of Grantham's batman during the Boer War.

[craft1948]

That has a certain ring to it..................Batman Bates.

[sir.prize]

The Boer war - see here (first paragraph)

http://acornonline.co...x?p=downton-abbey-set

[jackthehat]

I wonder how he summons Lord and Lady Grantham for their meals.....?

"Dinner....dinner....dinner....dinner....dinn
er....dinner....dinner....dinner..."
:o)

[craft1948]

^ lol lol...............