Archive (14 life histories found)

A photo of Ita McClelland with two friends, Patricia Murray and Bridge Kane, during their nurses' training in the skin's ward of the hospital.

A certificate from The College of Mental Health Nursing for Care of the Mentally Ill in the Community.

My first day as a student nurse. I get up early after 7 a.m. Other girls are up and dressed. I get my blue and white check frock, collar and hat on. We walk to the dining room in twos, have a cup of tea and are then each taken to a ward. We observe…

I will always remember the day 3rd September, 1950, when I arrived at the Belfast City Hospital Nurses' Home. A nurse met me and took me to a room where a lot of girls like myself waited and one man. A tall lady entered the area and announced, 'I'm…