Who was Nell Racker? The name probably won’t be familiar to most of my readers, yet as a herbalist & healer she was way ahead of her time.

Nell Racker (real name Ellen Wallace) was born 12th October, 1846 in a place called Pigslee, near Walmersley, Bury Greater Manchester.
She married twice. Her second husband John Wallace, was a former neighbour, of Baillie Street Methodist Church Rochdale Greater Manchester.
After marriage, the couple moved to Belfield Cottage. It was there, people started visiting her for healing.
Many told of creeping through her tangled overgrown garden for a consultation, staring fearfully at the kettles, pans and teapots hanging on the tree branches.