Medical

Memories of working at St. Andrew’s Hospital (1984-1990)

Rita worked at St Andrew’s Hospital, Thorpe St Andrew, in the 1980s and tells about daily life and the people she encountered during her time

The world is my oyster (1960-2022)

Pearl talks to us about her life, from her nursing training, raising a family, WI committees and markets, short term foster caring and fundraising. I

Tailoring to Occupational Therapy (1941-2008)

Vera recalls her wartime work as a machinist and welder, and later, as an occupational therapy aide. A teenager in wartime London During the war

North Walsham pharmacist and his son the farmer and teacher (1920-2020)

Geoff talks about his father Philip who was a pharmacist and optician in North Walsham, Norfolk, from the 1920s. His mother worked in the business

Nursing: A good choice (1945-1992)

Audrey remembers her time as an evacuee during the Second World War and her working life as a nurse. I was born in Hebburn in

From domestic science to homeopathy – an alternative working life (1957-2015)

Margaret went to domestic science college after leaving school in 1957, but found her real vocation much later in life in homeopathy which she practiced

From Nursing to Pharmaceuticals (1941-2006)

As a child during WWII Mary worked picking potatoes and then entered a special programme for training young nurses. She recounts the time when tuberculosis

My life as a nurse (1965-2009)

Sue trained as a nurse in the 1960s and retired in 2009. During this time she worked in many different areas of nursing. She describes

Forty-three years of caring (1972-2013)

Hazel trained as a nurse at 18 and had a career as staff nurse, sister, and later deputy theatre manager in Norfolk, Hull and Cambridge.

From cradle to grave (1972 – 2018)

Nikki recalls her journey in nursing from cradle to grave. She tells about her career starting as a health nursing auxiliary, training at University College