Aprons And Silver Spoons

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If you liked Downton Abbey & Upstairs Downstairs it's time to discover the reality in the true story Aprons & Silver Spoons by Mollie Moran. If you love Downton this is right up your street!" (Closer). " This evocative memoir.. .provides a fascinating insight into a world that has long since disappeared". (The Sun). When young Mollie became a 'skivvy' in a stately London townhouse aged just 14 she quickly learned that a large amount of elbow grease & 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 long-since vanished: cooking huge roast dinners polishing doorknobs scrubbing steps
- & covering up her employers' scandals. Going to dances with her fellow servants & flirting with Harrods' errand boys she had no idea that the oncoming war in 1939 would change her world & that of those she served forever... Discover the real hardships & rewards for a pre-war domestic servant in Mollie Moran's charming memoir Aprons & Silver Spoons. Mollie Moran is now ninety-six living in Bournemouth where she still continues to demonstrate her skills in the kitchen by hosting huge dinner parties. Over eighty years after starting as a scullery maid in London she still keeps in touch with Flo the kitchen maid & her life-long friend."