Margaret and Denis Thatcher were quite busy, however, and as such, much of the child-rearing was left to nannies—first to an Austrian nanny by the name of Gerda and then to a local girl named Barbara. It was Barbara who would later recall what it was like seeing the Thatchers trundling off in the morning, always in a hurry. She would remember that of the two, it was typically Denis that remembered to wave up at the nursery as they passed.
