Campling - Mary Anne ….. made use of the nursing skills gained as a doctor's wife and often found herself very busy doing nursing work or acting as a midwife. She also ran a rickshaw business in Nairobi, importing two rickshaws from Durban. The Durban rickshaws were considerably smarter and a good deal more elegant than anything in Nairobi at the time, and the business did well. ………. [1918] after Charles' wife Mabel died …. "It was Charles' mother Mary Anne, the children's grandmother …. who picked up the remnants of that shattered family. She was a hardworking and practical woman not unused to the rearing of children, having raised 3 of her own more or less singlehanded. She placed the baby Pauline in the Lady Northey Home for children and took over the care of the 3 boys. She was now in her late 50s and not in the best of health and, although she may not have chosen the role, she had no alternative and in any case she was fond of the children. ……… Nana saw to the family's needs. She took over the Globe, a boarding house in Parklands, but in the early 20s acquired the lease of the Manor Hotel in Ngara Road in Parklands. This was on what was then known as Ainsworth Hill and behind where the National Museum, originally the Coryndon, stands today. The Manor Hotel, later known as Manor House, stood in 10 acres of ground and advertised well-furnished apartments with verandahs, hot baths, garages and a good table. …… By 1924 Nana was beginning to feel the strain, and the cancer that was eventually to cause her death was already taking a hold.