Many participants trained as midwives at some point during their careers.
This nurse trained in Edinburgh in 1955 and once qualified as a nurse went on to do midwifery at the Perth Royal Infirmary in 1959. She talks about her experience of part 1 and part 2 midwifery training:
This participant talks about doing midwifery training in Derby and Birmingham after completing her general nurse training in 1953; she clearly enjoyed the experience:
She goes on to talk about some experiences working in a mother and baby home:
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