Aprons and Silver Spoons
The heartwarming memoirs of a 1930s scullery maid
$38.44
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
22 May 2013
Summary
The charming memoirs of a pre-war domestic servant who became a scullery maid at the age of 14.
“No one ever thinks of the poor scullery maid. The lowest of the low.”
When Mollie Browne became a ‘skivvy’ in a stately London townhouse aged just 14, she quickly learned that a large amount of elbow grease and a sense of humour would be tantamount to surviving there. Through Mollie’s eyes we are offered a fascinating glimpse into London’s invisible ‘downstairs’, a world that has l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780718159993 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0718159993 |
| Author: | Mollie Moran |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 22 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Mollie Moran
Born in 1916, Mollie Moran is now ninety-six and lives by the seafront in Bournemouth. She regularly hosts Scrabble parties and cooks for up to twenty-five people. Mollie grew up in Norfolk, and was sent to London as a scullery maid at the age of 14. She remains friends with the kitchen maid, Flo, from the first household she worked in more than 80 years later.
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