Interview with Gertrude (Trudi) Ellen Prior
- Interview with Gertrude (Trudi) Ellen Prior
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Title |
Interview with Gertrude (Trudi) Ellen Prior |
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Interviewee |
Prior, Gertrude Ellen [Trudi] |
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Summary |
Recalls always wanting to be nurse, using 'Truby King' training with children at St Thomas, London. Describes pay and training in Oxford and London. Recalls acceptance of not being able to continue after marriage, duties as ward sister at Oxford, dealing with pneumonia, influenza. Describes work and conditions in Territorial Army nursing service in Greece during Second World War, mentions use of Pronticil, training in administration after the war. Talks about coming to Leicester General Hospital (LGH), meeting matron Norah Claye, administrative set up at LGH. Anecdotes about needing to discipline people, not treading on people's toes when first arriving. Mentions duties, changes to wards, dealing with doctors. Describes 1955 LGH Jubillee celebrations. Mentions a fire, first television. Talks about nurses from abroad, attitudes to creation of State Enrolled Nurses in 1943. Brief mention of cockroaches at LGH. Reflects on friendliness of LGH, tackling the feeling of being 'poor relation' to the Leicester Royal Infirmary, changes of uniform in the 1960s. |
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Subject |
Drugs
Health
Women
Work
World War II |
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Duration |
01:30:00 |
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Location |
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester
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Place name |
Leicester
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Type |
Audio |
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Date created |
1988 |
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Periods covered |
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
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Town of birth |
Cambridge |
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Father's occupation |
Butcher |
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Mother's occupation |
Housewife |
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Interviewee's occupation |
Matron |
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Interviewee's marital status |
Single |
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Interviewee's children |
None |
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Interviewer |
Hyde, C |
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Recording date |
30/11/1988 |
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Recording location |
Interviewee's home |
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Language |
English |
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Original format |
Tape |
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Collection |
East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
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EMOHA collection No. |
LO/515/465 |
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Rights |
You may use this recording in accordance with our licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Metadata Licence |
You can re-use this metadata record under a Creative Commons Zero ‘no rights reserved’ licence: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
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Download available |
No |
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Contact us |
Please contact EMOHA http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/ for enquiries about this item or to seek permission to use it. |
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Themes |
Drugs
Health
Women
Work
World War II
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