To:Chier Delegate, Addis Abab From: Team Leader, BRCS Medical Team Jijiga Date: August 12 1974 Subject: Survey of the activities of the BRCS Team in Jijiga March 26 - August 8, 1974 Survey-of-the-Activities-of-the-BRCS-Team-12081974Download
This poem was written by the ambulance driver David Ellaway and was read out by Eamon Andrews on 'This is Your Life'. The Baja Boy is dying, that’s what they said to me,And they took me by the hand and led me there to see.To where he sat on seat…
“The babies always smelt dusty. The lady stood beside me is Gloria Waters, who was a VSO with her husband, who was something to do with the water industry. The natives always respected you, both in Borneo and in the Solomon’s. We were always treated well”. *A kampong is a Malay…
Sister Caswell surprised her friend and colleague, British Red Cross ambulance driver David Ellaway on ‘This is Your Life’ (Season 26 Episode 8) back in 1985. Presenter: Eamonn Andrews. David thought that he was 'in on the secret' and that the man sitting beside him was the one about to…
Nurse Caswell trained to become a midwife at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavillion (1961) in Edinburgh after completing general training at Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham (1957-60). She also worked as a staff nurse at Shotley Bridge General Hospital on the Orthapaedic Ward before deciding to train as a midwife. All…
To be honest there is absolutely no memory associated with this photo. I can only assume that Sister Caswell is the one holding the camera, although she has no memory of ever being there. Pupil Midwives Pupil midwives had to do ten deliveries in the hospital and ten deliveries in…
On the 12th February 1974 the British Red Cross team met for the first time at the British Red Cross Head Quarters. Other Red Cross teams from Germany, New Zealand, Finland , Australia were also taking part as part of the International Red Cross’ mission. The British team lasted the…
Taken outside St Nicholas’s Hospital about 1958 (sometimes known as Newcastle upon Tyne City Asylum). It was in Jesmond and was a very big Mental institution. Nurse Elizabeth visited as part of nurse Pre-Training School (age 18/19). Nurse Caswell (on left) with a member of staff from St. Nicholas’s Hospital…
Sister Caswell meets a baby orangutan at an orphan sanctuary whilst on a day off in Sabah, North Borneo. This particular baby was not an orphan, its mother was called Freda. She was rather bad tempered and was kept behind bars. The smell of the baby orangutan was ‘serious’ and…
This photo is of Sister Caswell (abt 1962), now qualified as a midwife following training at ‘The Simpson’ (Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavillion) in Edinburgh. She is stood outside the midwives home in Southhouse Farmhouse, Edinburgh. There were three domiciliary midwives and pupil midwives living here. All employed by the Edinburgh…