Let's see now..what did my Mum do in the war? Well, she was a nurse mid-wife in Glasgow, cared for the men who were rescued from the battle for the heavy water plant in Narvick, Norway, cared for men from torpedoed French ships(despite the fact that they did not want her to touch them because they decided she was a witch because of her flaming red hair). She delivered babies in everything from a circus to tenements, going out in everything from bad weather to bomb attacks.
Despite a fear of heights, my mother spent the Blitz firewatching from the roof of the Odeon, Leicester Square (where she worked). Knowing what she was like about clothes, she probably added a few glamorous touches to her firewatching uniform. But I've often wondered if she still insisted on wearing heels when she had to scramble up the ladder ...
Let's see now..what did my Mum do in the war? Well, she was a nurse mid-wife in Glasgow, cared for the men who were rescued from the battle for the heavy water plant in Narvick, Norway, cared for men from torpedoed French ships(despite the fact that they did not want her to touch them because they decided she was a witch because of her flaming red hair). She delivered babies in everything from a circus to tenements, going out in everything from bad weather to bomb attacks.
ReplyDeleteDespite a fear of heights, my mother spent the Blitz firewatching from the roof of the Odeon, Leicester Square (where she worked). Knowing what she was like about clothes, she probably added a few glamorous touches to her firewatching uniform. But I've often wondered if she still insisted on wearing heels when she had to scramble up the ladder ...
ReplyDeleteMy grandma was a nurse in an American Army field hospital in France, World War One.
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