Tea by the Nursery fire: a childrens nanny at the turn of the century
Ref: 4833

Published: 1976
Publisher: Michael Joseph

Synopsis: Born in a tiny Sussex village in the 1870s, Emily Huckwell went into domestic service in the Burton household before she was 12. She began as a nursery maid, progressing to under nurse and then head nanny, looking after two generations of children, including the father of children's author Noel Streatfeild.