The formative years I left grammar school in 1959 with one A Level pass, not a very good one. I then went to the local civic college to try and improve on matters and singularly failed so in 1960 I was left looking for a job and I ended up working in a machine shop […]
Research
From Nursing to Pharmaceuticals
Mary speaks to WISEArchive about working as a child during WWII picking potatoes and then entering a special programme for training young nurses. She recounts the time when tuberculosis was common and her continuing training at Charing Cross, London. Marriage and children followed and a career change to a more secretarial role after spending time […]
Hooked on spinning. The glorious smell of a raw fleece.
Academic and researcher Jenn always been a crafter and has returned to her first love in recent years, taking commissions and selling at fairs. I’ve always been a maker and a crafter and I chose to do that when I left school in 1984. Dressmaking was my first love at that time so I did […]
The Scientific Administrator
Fascinated by Science at John Innes Variety, change & excellent colleagues at the Institute From early computers to the modern day Working with student volunteers at U.E. A. ….. now read on