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"enchanting" --Sunday Times
"Affectionate and humorous ... a tribute to the resilience and loyalty of the nursing profession" --Lancaster Evening Post
"An evocative, often amusing account of an era long-lost"
--Yorkshire Post
"Affectionate and humorous ... a tribute to the resilience and loyalty of the nursing profession" --Lancaster Evening Post
"An evocative, often amusing account of an era long-lost"
--Yorkshire Post
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A fascinating memoir of the life of a trainee nurse in the 1950s
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful piece of nostalgia for all "Old School" nurses and auxiallary nurses out there. The ward Sister used to be fiercely adamant about the high standards on her particular ward. Heaven help you, as a trainee, if you allowed those standards to drop.....even slightly!!! The Matron was God and even Consultants quavered under her steely gaze. It sounds horrendous to the uninitiated.....but the truth is, it was so very, very special. This book captures those days absolutely, a superb read.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An excellent book bringing back many happy memories of training in '50's & 60's, when nurses really did look after people in a truly caring way. Strict discipline did none of us any harm, but gave us a real sense of belonging to "our group."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I trained at St Mary's Paddington 1976-79 but this book has made me remember so many things I had long forgotten ...... Dreading patients requesting Horlicks on the evening drinks round as it took forever to make a smooth paste! Working on a male orthopaedic ward and having to stay one jump ahead of the injured but otherwise healthy young men . Learning from your senior nurses and then very soon finding yourself passing on that knowledge to more junior nurses . Starched caps going floppy in the rain and the fear of Sisters and Nursing Officers .... but then if anything ever went badly wrong or you were in need of support they turned out the be the kindest, most empathetic people you could meet. They were very , very special days & would recommend this book to any "old school " nurses out there .... you will be transported back in time & find yourselves smiling !
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The power of the sister
The sister in the general ward, in my training, was always a "Margaret Thatcher" figure. She who mus be obeyed. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Stuart Townsend
Fantastic
Absolutley brilliant, couldn't put it down!! Definitely worth a read, even if your not a nurse. Great value and arrived quickly.
Published 3 months ago by louby77
Enjoyable read for fiction readers
This book made me quite cross. I read the sample book and it seemed quite interesting. I didn't have access to the reviews and everything with the data connection at the time so I... Read more
Published 3 months ago by RoseRodent
A good read, not especially well written but very interesting for...
I enjoyed this and read it in a short space of time. As a relatively new nurse I thoroughly enjoyed it - of course a lot of the things done then are now completely obselete... Read more
Published 3 months ago by London_nurse
Did not quicken my pulse.
If you're a nurse who trained in the 1950s, you'll probably love this book and wallow in nostalgia. If you trained as a nurse at a later date, you'll probably find it very... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jikky
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I wrote this some time ago but it was embedded in LJC's comment.
I have been so touched to see how many people have enjoyed my book and taken the time to write reviews. Read more
I have been so touched to see how many people have enjoyed my book and taken the time to write reviews. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jennifer Craig
Nostalgia with some fiction ?
I trained in 1981 and was one of the last 'old school' trained nurses.
So many things were unchanged so this book had a real nostalgiac feel to it. Read more
So many things were unchanged so this book had a real nostalgiac feel to it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by peanut
I liked it, despite not being a nurse.
I am not a nurse, in fact I have no medical background at all, but I like the biography and memoir genre so decided to give it a go. Read more
Published 9 months ago by BookCrazy
Nostalgic read
'Yes sister, no Sister ', was recommended by my friend in Australia, who I did my nursing training with in the 60's. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Barbara
Caring, inspiring read
This is a well-written, interesting book. Even if some events were invented (which the author admits to, wanting to write an interesting book as opposed to an exact diary of... Read more
Published 10 months ago by P. Burrow
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