Ayahs' Home: Remembering the forgotten Indian nannies of London

Most of these women came from countries such as India, China, Hong Kong, British Ceylon , Burma , Malaysia and Java .Families would often bring their ayahs back to Britain with them to look after their children

When these families returned to Britain, they would often bring their ayahs back with them. Some were asked to accompany the families just for the long, difficult voyage, Ms Visram says, while others were employed for a few years. But not everyone was as lucky - many were dismissed and abandoned by their employers without any pay or arrangements for their passage back home. Some were also forced to stay on because they couldn't find families to accompany them on the return voyage.

"And when their money ran out, these women were thrown out of these lodging houses too. Many were even forced to beg for their journey back home to India."According to the Open University's Making Britain research project, the Ayahs' Home "appears to have been founded in 1825 in Aldgate" by a woman named Elizabeth Rogers. After her death , the home was taken over by a couple who advertised the place as a lodging house for travelling ayahs.

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