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Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British isles nanny. Prim and proper, mild and kind, she appears to have stepped direct out of Mary Poppins. For more than six ages Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked properly for, and looked after more than 100 children. From your pampered sons and daughters of lords ensconced in their grand estates, to hard East End evacuees through the battle, Brenda has taught countless little ones to be happy, healthy, and extensively well bred. With this wonderful memoir, Brenda shares her endearing, amusing, and sometimes downright bizarre encounters turning years of children into successful adults. As soon as Brenda first organised her baby sibling, David, she was connected. She became a second mom to him, changing his nappies, reading him experiences and offering all the love her warm heart and soul had. Knowing a career looking after children was her only calling in life, Brenda went to London's exclusive Norland Institute, famous for producing top-class nannies. It was a sign of privilege and tastes for the kids of the well-to-do to be observed being pushed in their Silver precious metal Cross prams by the Norland nanny - recognizable by their sharp, starched black outfits with white bib collars, and their moving black capes lined with red silk. The abilities these trainees were tested on daily? Lullaby-singing, storytelling, pram-shining, bed-making, all varieties of sewing, minor baking, and medical aid - including the easiest way to help the medication decrease. In A Spoonful of Sugar, Brenda recalls her years at Norland, her encounters during the battle (in the end, even if bombs are shedding there is no reason to let expectations slip) and recounts in lovely depth a life specialized in the care of other's children. Sprinkled throughout with pearls of intelligence (children can never have too much love, and learn how to sew a button, for goodness' sake) this wonderful memoir from Britain's oldest living nanny is virtually perfect in every way. Brenda Ashford is a graduate of Norland College or university, a world-famous institute for British isles nannies. For 62 years, she cared for more than 100 children, making her Britain's longest-serving nanny. She lives outside London.

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