In recent years Alan has had his photographs published in books such as Portrait of Norwich.
He has also been involved in the setting up of children’s ‘living history’ projects. Flo is an amazing lady by any standards and her book will surely give great pleasure to all who read it.Īlan Childs is a teacher and historian, and the author of a number of books, including children’s historical fiction. Over a Hot Stove This delightful memoir provides a unique Upstairs, Downstairs account of what life was really like in a bygone era At the age of sixteen.
Aged 95 she still has a great enthusiasm for life, and in her cottage a tottering pile of encyclopaedias, dictionaries and thesauri are ready at hand. Flo made the most of every opportunity, and after her marriage, continued to enjoy her cooking in every capacity possible, based around the village of Heydon. Over a Hot Stove: Life below stairs in Britain’s great houses: the charming memoirs of a 1930s kitchen maid. Her story is told with no resentment that the lowly position of servants, such as herself, supported the privileged life-style of her employers ‘upstairs’. Flo started, aged 16, as a young kitchen maid in South Kensington and at the almost unheard-of age of 23 was appointed cook at Blickling Hall. OL21064374W Page_number_confidence 92.35 Pages 198 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220228174721 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 190 Scandate 20220222232023 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780749015718 Tts_version 4.Flo Wadlow’s life in full-time domestic service provides a fascinating story of a world that has disappeared.
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