1957 starting General Nursing training at Shotley Bridge Hospital, Consett (Age 18). She was living at Summerdale Nurse's home at the time. She is centre, back row.
“The first time, when I left home I was given the weekend off straight away and I came home, I didn’t have a car so I took the train from Edinburgh to Newcastle and then the bus from Newcastle to Consett and then from Consett to Castleside. I knocked at…