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St Bernard's - First Holy Communion

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A video showing the children of St. Bernard's Primary School walking to St. Bernard's Church for their First Holy Communion and returning back to the school.

May Queen Celebrations- Brookthorpe Avenue

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Video showing the May Queen celebrations organised by the residents of Brookthorpe Avenue, Burnage, in the late 1970s.

Doreen Robinson describes how Brookthorpe Avenue was a great place for children to play, being a cul-de-sac and having a strong…

Silver Jubilee Street Party - Brookthorpe Avenue - 1977

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A video showing the street party organised by the residents of Brookthorpe Avenue, Burnage, for the Silver Jubilee in 1977.

In the additional sound recording, Doreen Robinson describes the organisation of the event, including the contributions of…

Duchess of York Hospital - Nursing Training

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There are three clips in this playlist, in the first Myra describes her schooling, wanting to be a nurse aged 9, the letters she had to provide to apply, the interview and her three month trial at Briarwood.

In the second she talks about training…

Duchess of York Hospital - Life as a Nurse

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In these four audio clips, Myra Wood first describes the duties of a nurse, including washing clothes, cleaning and cooking for the children, their responsibility for the hygiene on the ward, making the feeds for the babies and answering the…

Duchess of York Hospital - Changes in Nursing

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Myra Wood describes some of the changes in nursing; the support nurses used to receive, the numbers of children each nurse was responsible for, and caring for ten or more patients.

Duchess of York Hospital - John Thaw's Father

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Myra Wood describes the collection of breast-milk for the hospital, along with the processes followed at the hospital. One the ambulance drivers collecting the milk was Jack Thaw, father of John.