A spoonful of sugar : a true story of life as a Norland nanny in wartime England / Brenda Ashford.

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Ashford, Brenda, 1921-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : ISIS, 2013, c2012.Description: x, 339 p. (large print) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780753153246 (hbk.)
0753153246 (hbk.)
0753153254 (pbk.)
9780753153253 (pbk.)

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Large type books.

DDC classification:

649.092 23

Summary: Brenda is 91 years old and spent 62 years working as a Norland Nanny. Brenda began training at the Norland Institute in 1939 at the age of 18, shortly before war was declared. Even as a nervous young trainee, Brenda was determined to give the children in her care a wonderful childhood. She worked with evacuees from the East End, as well as in the nurseries of smart Kensington homes. She frequently put her life at risk, dashing to air raid shelters with her charges clutched to her chest.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Large Print	Waimate Large print NON-Fiction	Non Fiction	649.092 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		a00722863

Originally published: London: Hodder, 2012.

Brenda is 91 years old and spent 62 years working as a Norland Nanny. Brenda began training at the Norland Institute in 1939 at the age of 18, shortly before war was declared. Even as a nervous young trainee, Brenda was determined to give the children in her care a wonderful childhood. She worked with evacuees from the East End, as well as in the nurseries of smart Kensington homes. She frequently put her life at risk, dashing to air raid shelters with her charges clutched to her chest.

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