Maud Hummerston worked as a storyteller for 2LS, the Leeds-Bradford BBC radio station, in the 1920s. On air she was known as Auntie Nora.

Her story telling career had started in 1910, when she became the first female Librarian at Armley Library in Leeds. She became the Official Storyteller in 1912.

Later, she was recruited by Mr Fox, the Director of Leeds-Bradford Relay Station, to tell stories to many more children over the radio. Her first talk was a trial, but it went well and Maud was invited back regularly under the new pseudonym ‘Auntie Nora.’ She served as Auntie from 1924-1928.

Maud performed on Children’s Hour shows, as well as Women’s Topics (Famous Gardens, Famous Houses and Fashions). At one point she spoke in her Yorkshire accent for Children’s Hour, which led to complaints from parents that “did not pay wireless licenses to have their children listen to the Yorkshire dialect”.