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Mothers and Daughters

League members Carys (CT Sept 1969) and her mother (also Carys, CT 1943) attended the recent reunion together. We would like to hear from other league members whose mother or daughter also trained as a nurse in Liverpool with a view to an article for next years journal. Please get in touch via the contact button […]

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Retirement of Website Editor

Retirement of Website Editor    I have been a member of the Executive Committee for nine years it is now time to retire. In 2003 Kate Russell and I with the help of Connect Internet Solutions set up the Liverpool Royal Infirmary Nurses’ League Website. I took on the responsibility of running the site and […]

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Nursing Standard Review

Our photo book, published in 2008, was reviewed earlier this year by the Nursing Standard. Liverpool Royal Infirmary Nurses` Training School – Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Nurses League With a few exceptions, nurses` voices and presence are often absent from the history of health care. This little book goes some way towards the […]

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Olive Edwards and Hazel Brown

It is with regret that we have to announce the deaths of two of our League members, Olive Edwards, our oldest member, aged 100 and Hazel Brown nee Jones former Sister on Larrinaga Ward. Hazel`s funeral took place at Prestatyn on December 5th and several members, including representatives from the executive committee, attended. Olive`s funeral […]

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Our Oldest Member

Our oldest member reaches 100 Olive Edwards was born in Liverpool in 1908. At the age of 16 she went to work and then train at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital in Myrtle Street. In 1930 she commenced her general training at the Royal Infirmary. She completed her Midwifery training and then returned to the […]

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