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Tag Archives: newcastle evening chronicle
Sixty years later …
When I realised that it was exactly 60 years since Gwenda and Pat set forth for the USA, I thought it was a good time for another article, to mark the anniversary. Luckily the Newcastle Chronicle group agreed, and reporter … Continue reading
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Tagged daily express, eve's war, morpeth, newcastle evening chronicle, sheila quigley, sunday sun, the chantry
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Guest post by Gwenda – ‘Our big reunion’
Nine of us spent a very enjoyable day on Saturday at the 60-year reunion of the January 1952 intake of Newcastle General Hospital nurses. Old friends joined us from Edinburgh, Bury, Surrey and York, as well as from closer to … Continue reading
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Tagged hillman minx, newcastle evening chronicle, newcastle general hospital
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Newcastle General nurses plan sixty-year reunion
Sixty years ago a group of young women began their nurses’ training at Newcastle General Hospital, an establishment which began its life as part of a Victorian workhouse. The Second World War was not long over: each girl had to … Continue reading
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