Another aspect of these interviews that may be of interest to listeners are the stories of nursing during the war. Therefore the following clips describe a number of experiences from the interviewees.
This nurse describes the context in London when she started her training during the war in 1940:
She goes on to talk about the impact of bombing raids in the hospital where she trained in West London:
This participant shares the effect of rationing on young student nurses:
She also gives a very full account of a bombing while she was on duty (please note this includes some sad detail):
Below are the newspaper clippings mentioned in the previous audio clip along with a telegram sent home from the nurse to let her family know she survived the bombing. Click on a photo to see the full size image.
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