Lindsey Blythe compares a nanny's lot then and now
Would you swap places with a nanny from 1901? Or do you know a good thing when you've found one right here in the 21st century? The Princess Christian College in Manchester is this summer celebrating a hundred years in the business of turning out first-class nannies. Let's have a light-hearted look at what nannying was like back then and now.
Domestic bliss
In 1901...
Nanny was on the top floor, sharing the children's room. Sometimes she presided over a whole nursery wing.
Uniform was essential; a long dress for the mornings, grey or white skirts and short black jackets with leg-of-mutton sleeves for afternoons, boots and boaters or bonnets. Cuffs and collars, too, if the family wished it.
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