Blue plaque for London building that sheltered abandoned ayahs

London: A building in London where hundreds of ayahs — Indian women who served as nannies to the British during the British Raj — sought refuge after being abandoned by the British families who brought them to the UK, is to be commemorated with a blue plaque.

- Naomi Canton

English Heritage has announced that the former site of the Ayahs’ Home for stranded South and East Asian nannies at 26 King Edward’s Road, Hackney, will get a blue plaque this year. Blue plaques are placed on London buildings where there is a link between significant figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived.