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him greatly, & eventually he joined up & served in the war, coming through Dunkirk etc. He married
young & turned into a
real tyrant to his wife & daughter, but that's another story.
I digress all the time as things keep
coming back to me. Anyway as I
explained I started my training at New Cross Hospital, W'ton & this was a large municipal hospital of about 400-500
beds a large maternity
unit Children's Block & Fever Block We were "sent in at the deep end" that is no 3
month "School" as now,
but straight on to the wards, 8am — 8pm, 2 hrs off in the day, mostly lecture & study periods,
½ day a week & a day off monthly the first yr. After that if
we past the Prelim test we had
one evening a day off — monthly! Permission had to be obtained from "Matron" for a sleeping out
pass & an address given for
wherever we were staying in by 10 pm & lights out. No boy friends allowed, no phone calls made. It was
Army discipline & very
strict. Any misdemeanor off to Matron's office for a telling off & possibly sent packing. Senior & Junior
didn't mix