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  • "All the girls sat at that side and all the lads at that…"

    "All the girls sat at that side and all the lads at that…"
    Aged 15 years old, Mrs Brenda Kay started as a Cadet Nurse at Brockhall Hospital in 1954. Here she remembers ...

  • "They were short here in Royal Albert" Staffing during the Second World War

    "They were short here in Royal Albert" Staffing during the Second World War

  • "You were only allowed so much dating"

    "You were only allowed so much dating"
    SMG was born in 1958 and went into Brockhall aged 4 in 1962, leaving later in 1960s. He returned to Brockhall ...

  • "You’re not here to give us advice Cadet"

    "You’re not here to give us advice Cadet"
    Christine Whalley was a Cadet Nurse at Brockhall from about October or so in 1972 to December 1973. She was ...

  • “He got me on the stage!”

    “He got me on the stage!”
    Alan Gunn was born in January 1940. Alan went to live in Calderstones in September 1955 when he was 15 ...

  • “I didn’t take the door off.”

    “I didn’t take the door off.”
    In the early 1970s, when a young woman, June Flynn was a student nurse at Calderstones. As was usual during ...

  • “I had my letter under my pillow.”

    “I had my letter under my pillow.”
    Patrick Burke, born in 1951, was in Calderstones as a boy and teenager in the early 1960s. After his life in ...

  • 1967 Cadet Nurse Contract

    1967 Cadet Nurse Contract
    In 1966 David Whalley, aged 15, started as a Junior Ward Orderly a Calderstones. He was following in the footsteps ...

  • Brenda Kay

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    Brenda Kay
    Mrs Brenda Kay worked at Brockhall from 1954 to its closure in 1992 when she transferred to Calderstones for two years before retiring. Starting as a Cadet Nurse, she qualified as a State Registered Nurse in 1960. In the years afterwards she spent many years nursing, including being Ward Sister, as well as being in charge ...

  • Christmas at the Royal Albert

    Christmas at the Royal Albert
    At least one of the photographs here, and possibly both, is from the period between the two world wars. Clearly, ...

  • Demolition of the Hall at Calderstones

    Demolition of the Hall at Calderstones
    Here is a series of photographs showing the demolition of the Hall at Calderstones. This building was the venue for ...

  • Interview with Stephen Burden

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    Interview with Stephen Burden
    Oral history interview with Stephen., born in 1960. Went in Calderstones aged 16, then left in 1981. Sound: 12 minutes  Text: Full transcript
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