Minding the Manor : The Memoir of a 1930s English Kitchen Maid

from CasaBooks

Nice book to read more about the real "Downstairs" life in British aristocratic households until the changes that took place in late 1930's. Repeating my Disclaimer: I have not seen Downton Abbey. However, having recently read "How to Marry an English Lord" and "Longbourn" this book was a good ti...

from micahmom2002

a memior from a 97 yr old woman who started as a scullery maid and worked her way up to cook for the British elite.

from DeltaQueen50

Aprons and Silver Spoons by Mollie Moran is a wonderful memoir of young country girl who at age 14 becomes a scullery maid. She finds herself working 15 hours a day doing the most menial and dirty of jobs, but she is irrepressible and lively and makes the best of her situation. She becomes life-l...

from mom2acat

After leaving school at the age of 14 in 1930, Mollie Browne takes a job in a London as a scullery maid; she works in domestic service for 10 years, working her way up to cook. In this chatty memoir, the author gives a rare and fascinating insight into a bygone era, the golden years of the early ...

from mom2acat

After leaving school at the age of 14 in 1930, Mollie Browne takes a job in a London as a scullery maid; she works in domestic service for 10 years, working her way up to cook. In this chatty memoir, the author gives a rare and fascinating insight into a bygone era, the golden years of the early ...