UK shelter that housed Indian nannies in the 90’s gets London Blue Plaque
The shelter is now called “ The Ayah’s Home” as the word Ayah refers to women who were employed by the British in India and other colonies to serve as children’s nannies, nursemaids and ladies’ maids.
A shelter home in the 90’s for stranded and sometimes abandoned South Asian mostly Indian nannies, known as ayahs was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque in Hackney, London.
🔵Today the Ayahs' Home for stranded South and East Asian nannies, at 26 King Edward’s Road in Hackney, has been commemorated with a blue plaque. pic.twitter.com/zHsrXinUKx
— English Heritage (@EnglishHeritage) June 16, 2022
The plaque recognises a public place in the United Kingdom as a historical site and commemorate a link between notable people in the past and the place in which they lived or worked.