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Lend a Hand on the Land - Travel and Work
Dorothy describes how she travelled during each of these working holidays, some of the work they had to perform, including picking potatoes near London and hoeing cabbages.
Lend a Hand on the Land - Friendships and Other Volunteers
Dorothy describes how she made friends, and kept in touch with other volunteers from around the country. In the second file she talks about some friends she met from Yorkshire, steelworkers, who accompanied them to a party in Staines. She also…
Lend a Hand on the Land - Lulsgate Bottom, 1949
Image of the group of 'Lend a Hand on the Land' volunteers at Lulsgate Bottom, Bristol, 1949. Dorothy Arnold is on the bottom row, third from the left. On the rear is written "Margaret, me, also Violet, Betty either side of us".
Lend a Hand on the Land, Laleham Park - 1950
Image of the group of volunteers at the 'Lend a Hand on the Land' camp at Laleham Park, London, 1950. Dorothy Arnold is seated on the bottom row, second from right. On the rear is written, "Joan and I farming at laleham Park, London"
Burnage Garden Village - Video of the 50th Anniversary Celebration - 1956
A video showing the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Burnage Garden Village in 1956.
Brook House Auxiliary Hospital
This Certificate is presented by the Army Council, as a permanent record of their thanks, to be placed in the building been known and used as Brook House Hospital for British sick and wounded during the Great War, 1914-1919.
The War…
Duchess of York Hospital - Old Operating Theatre
A photograph taken of the old operating theatre at the Duchess of York Hospital.
Myra Wood describes how the area was cleaned and maintained by the nurses.
Myra Wood describes how the area was cleaned and maintained by the nurses.
Duchess of York Hospital - Bikers' Charity
Myra Wood describes the charitable work done by a group of bikers from Cheshire. The image was taken on Christmas Day, with Myra sat on the motorcycle in the centre.
Duchess of York Hospital - Mother and Baby Unit
An image of the first mother and baby unit at the Duchess of York Hospital, built by the Friends' Group.
In the additional sound clip, Myra describes which mothers would have used this room: those with very sick children and those whose children…
In the additional sound clip, Myra describes which mothers would have used this room: those with very sick children and those whose children…
Duchess of York Hospital - John Thaw's Father
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.
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When the Americans came to Burnage
First is a scanned letter from an American doctor billeted in Burnage, who thanked the Lister family for their hospitality, hoping to return the complement in Tennessee. A full transcription of the letter is contained in the document below.
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