“ The credit must go to Mrs. Hall, as it nearly always should. ” A sentence Siegfried Farnon uttered at the Drovers before toasting “ to the remarkable Mrs. Hall ”, the woman he has lived with for nearly a decade at that point. The entire village joins in without hesitation, knowing fully well what a gem the lady running Skeldale House is.

And while the characters within the show are all very much aware that Mrs. Hall is the pillar of the community and the backbone of Skeldale, episode descriptions and promotional blurbs rarely reflect the true depth of her importance to both the family and the series as a whole. This is not exactly a surprise but rather a confirmation of what has been happening for centuries: a woman’s merit, her achievements and otherworldly accomplishments are ofte

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