Butler and trainer George Telford checks his collarPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTelford teaches trainees how to adopt the perfect butler's posturePhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTelford demonstrates deportment to trainee butlers using a cake standPhotograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters
George Telford and trainee butlers carry punch and canapes into the gardens at Morley HallPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTrainee Ben Mandeng serves a glass of champagne to course manager Sara VestinPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersGeorge Telford cleans trainee Dwayne Cross's trousers before a partyPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersMissed a bit: trainee butler Dwayne Cross hones his feather-dusting prowessPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersHouse owner Johnny Kerr and butler George Telford give instructions before a party at Morley HallPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTrainee Nicky Griffiths practises his waiting skills on butler George TelfordPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTrainee Dom Ogacion waits for instructions during a party at Morley HallPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTrainees Georgina Browne and Dwayne Cross fold clothes for house guestsPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersTrainee butlers wait to have their performance judgedPhotograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters
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