Apart from newspaper adverts (when seaside hotel proprietors originated from Sheffield they wanted servants from their home town) there were numerous agencies or registry offices, dealing with both local and distance placements. In 1923 agencies such as Myers (Norfolk Street), Kathleen Dronfield (Ecclesall Road), Lille & Co. (Norfolk Row), Housemaid Generals (Blackpool) were advertising in the Sheffield papers. To illustrate the numbers of businesses put *servants* in the search box for directories.
It would depend when the child had their 14th birthday. My dad (born in 1929) also started full time work at the age of 13. He didn’t miss any lessons though because the job started in the school summer holidays and his 14th birthday fell just before the beginning of the autumn term.
Apart from newspaper adverts (when seaside hotel proprietors originated from Sheffield they wanted servants from their home town) there were numerous agencies or registry offices, dealing with both local and distance placements. In 1923 agencies such as Myers (Norfolk Street), Kathleen Dronfield (Ecclesall Road), Lille & Co. (Norfolk Row), Housemaid Generals (Blackpool) were advertising in the Sheffield papers. To illustrate the numbers of businesses put *servants* in the search box for directories.
Good evening Ted and many thanks for your information !
My hope is but I doubt I will be successful is to find exactly where she was employed.
I remember her telling me that whilst there it was the first time she had seen someone from the African continent and was frightened by his appearance !