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But Nanny Smith has found it difficult to become plain Jean Smith once more. She recalls one night soon after she retired 10 years ago. 'I was asleep in my flat when I woke with a start.
In 1940, as the young men she had grown up with were sent to war, Smith became nanny to a brother and sister in Derbyshire. She had found her vocation, but lost the first two loves of her life:...
JEAN SMITH was the reassuring anchor of BBC’s Nanny Knows Best, whose oceanic patience and loving liberalism provided a picture of security and permanence in a world increasingly populated by harassed
Author of Settlers at the End of Empire, The Alfreton cookery book, Nanny knows best, Roary Revisited, This and that, 365 Zen, Simple phonetics for teachers, Himalayan Passage
Jean Smith. Self: Nanny Knows Best. Jean Smith was born on 5 May 1922 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She died on 12 May 2004 in London, England, UK.
In an emotional scene, Nanny rocks and embraces Janie. When they are both calm, Nanny tells Janie how much she loves her. Now is the time for Nanny to tell Janie about her own life. Although Nanny was born into slavery on a plantation near Savannah, Nanny had dreams.
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Jean Smith. Self: Nanny Knows Best. Jean Smith was born on 5 May 1922 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She died on 12 May 2004 in London, England, UK.
