Posted by Jon on September 07, 2006 at 18:52:58 from 199.159.117.62 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: A missing generation? - Single Women posted by Laurence Monkhouse on September 07, 2006 at 17:53:44:
I believe the Braithwaite reference was in PM. Cook left a note "Come to see how you're getting owt. - M.Braithwaite". Dick asked who that was; Dot said "That's Cook".
On Mrs. McGinty and Cook, IIRC from Upstairs, Downstairs and similar late Victorian/Edwardian works, "Mrs." was an honorific for the cook/housekeeper whether married or not. We don't actually know whether Mrs. McGinty or Cook were live-in staff, although at least for Cook the evidence is highly suggestive.