Books by Brenda Ashford
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review 1: To get a book published when you are 91 years is quite something . The book is a bit sugary like the title but the memoirs of looking after East End London evacuees during the war is inspirational. It really brought it home what it was like to live through those times and the liv...
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review 1: Timely read, with the current Mary Poppins fad. This was a real person dealing with real children and their real parents. She gives a great deal of "old fashioned" but timely advice. To have a nanny care for your children, and at least give them consistent affection and guidan...
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review 1: My Mum recommended this to me, and I enjoyed it. Apart from being interested by the memories of Brenda Ashford's childhood, her training, and her first two placements, I have to say that the role of those who cared for the children of women engaged in war work in 1939-45 had nev...