Hello and welcome to the Historic Royal Palaces podcast.

We're going to be following in the footsteps of the people who love and look after our six palaces.

As a charity, we're responsible for the very foundations of the buildings in which we work,

as well as telling their histories and stories, and we do this in many different ways.

But the palaces have always been a place of work for many, and in this series we want

to explore the jobs from the past and how to a certain extent they still exist today.

From the bricks and mortar behind the scenes to how visitors are welcomed at the Tower of London. Let's explore a day in the life of these historic jobs.

So my name is Rob Fuller. I'm the Chief Yermer Warder here at the Tower of London.

Many years ago I started here in 2011 as a Yerma Warder.

I learnt my tower story. We've all had to have done 22 years in the military,

achieved the senior non-commission rank of Warrant Officer,

and a holder of a long service

and good conduct medal. Then after that you apply to get a job here. I was very fortunate. I did so.

You cut your cloth and learn the ropes and then after a wee while I became a Yeoman

Sergeant, got promotion to that. I got a taste for that sort of stuff and then I like being busy so I became the

Yeoman Jailer got selected for that and then after it's a stepping stone and I'm now the

Chief Ian Ward. Still busy but very happy. Our office is at the main entrance and just behind

the Yeoman Jailer's desk there's a little window.

And a lot of the children particularly because there's a, someone put a plastic hand in there in the 70s

and ever since then people keep tapping the window.

So you'll probably hear as people come through the hustle bustle of lots of people coming through and lots of children

making noises poking fun at the hand that's in the window.

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