Minding the manor : the memoir of a 1930s English kitchen maid

Author

Mollie Moran

Call Number

• 921 M8294 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, 2014.

Physical Description

vi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Summary

The true story of a feisty and fun-loving young English girl's adventures while in domestic service in the 1930's as a scullery maid, then kitchen maid and cook. Includes recipes and household cleaning tips.

Notes

Originally published as Aprons and silver spoons: United Kingdom : Penguin Books, 2013.

Contents

• An idyllic childhood
• London calling
• Tears in the scullery
• Soulmates
• To the country
• Mop caps and mischief
• Passion with the footman
• Scandal below stairs
• Castles in Spain
• A cook at last.