Bath Times and Nursery Rhymes: The memoirs of a nursery nurse in the 1960s

Bath Times and Nursery Rhymes: The memoirs of a nursery nurse in the 1960s
Pam Weaver

A heart-warming memoir about life as a nursery nurse and nanny in the 1960s, for fans of Call the Midwife.In 1961, sixteen year-old Pam Weaver began her training as a nursery nurse. Drawn to this profession by her caring nature and a desire to earn her own living, Pam had no idea of the road she was about to start down. At the government-run nursery, she found early mornings, endless floors to scrub, overbearing matrons, heartbreaking stories of abandonment, true friends and life lessons that would stay with her for decades.Bath Times and Nursery Rhymes is Pam’s memoir about her time in state nurseries and as a Hyde Park private nanny. It will recount the highs and lows of that time with engaging and uplifting honesty.

PAM WEAVER

Bath Times and Nursery Rhymes

Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © Pamela Weaver 2013

Pam Weaver asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Source ISBN-13: 9780007488445

Ebook Edition © January 2013 ISBN: 9780007488452

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With the exception of my parents and my husband, the real names of the people in this story have been disguised or changed completely. I have altered the gender of some of the children to protect their identity and all of the names of both children and staff have been changed. I have also refrained from giving the exact location of each nursery, hospital or private home where I worked for the same reason.

The stories are true to the best of my memory.

I should like to thank Ann Webb and Sylvia Dennis (Denny) for jogging my memory and for a fantastic weekend together when we all walked down memory lane. I should also like to thank Wendy Germaney, who took the time to write down some of her memories which have been included in this book.

To all the children who were in my care at some time or other, I thank you for the wonderful times we shared together and I hope and pray that you’ve had a good life despite some of your difficult circumstances. To those who worked with me, thanks for the memories.

This book is dedicated to Jacob and Sophia Sullivan with lots of love from Granny.

Table of Contents

Title Page (#udf4dfdaa-d37a-539e-b779-dc5d63b52781)

Copyright (#u6ab962ff-8f92-5a43-a5ee-463b9335204c)

Dedication (#u0a9df565-fb3b-5caf-8ad7-7f80078c6364)

Chapter 1 (#u3e20b94e-82f2-5035-8d15-f6ff11d990d6)

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