This week we continued our in-depth look at the experiences of those of our interviewees who came to the UK to work as domestic servants, nannies, mothers' helps and in other at-home positions.
We loved this lesson in tact fromGertrude Black:
And were impressed withMarga Brodie's boundary-setting:
We loved this moment fromLilly Crewe:
But were chilled byRuth Davies' memories of working for her mother's distant cousins in Liverpool:
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