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Brenda Ashford is 91 years old and spent 62 years working as a Norland Nanny.Brenda began training a..

It's 1950 and when Laura and Billy Hopkins return to Manchester from their honeymoon they're in seve..

It's December 1963 when Billy Hopkins and his wife Laura arrive home in Manchester after five years ..

Jennifer Worth was just 22 when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in th..

To many Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique portrayed as an ageing stiff widow. ..