As you know I am posting some of my old family photos this week. I have been scanning and editing them and will put them in a photobook when I have finished.
This is a photo of my Mum taken in 1930 when she was a trainee nurse age 15.
Apparently she had to be 16 to begin training and she told the authorities that she was indeed 16 when in fact she was only 15. It took them a year to find out her real age and by then she was over the required age anyway and had completed a year of training so was allowed to stay on.
Training to be a nurse at 15... times sure have changed. My almost 17 year old can't even make his bed daily. Hard to imagine him doing something so important.
@kwind Ha ha, maybe my Mum could have given him lessons. My sister and I were taught at a very early age how to make our own beds and we even had to do hospital corners with the sheets.
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Ian
@sangwann I suppose a lot of people told fibs about their birthdays back then to train for anything.
@777margo @julzmaioro @pcoulson @kjarn @ethelperry @pusspup @annied @inthecloud5 @casablanca @cupofteajudy @beryl @mittens @fishers @ludwigsdiana @louannwarren @gijsje @carolmw @koalagardens @robz @happypat @pattyblue @carole_sandford @pyrrhula @pyrrhula @olivetreeann @taffy @gilbertwood Thanks. Mum always did have bags of confidence. My Dad died when I was very young and Mum found it difficult to continue nursing so she sold our house and bought a corner shop (grocery store) in another county and ran that until my sister and I left home. The house was at the back of the shop so she could still earn a living and look after us at the same time.
@lilh I use Photoshop to edit my photos.
@quietpurplehaze I think it runs in the family, ha ha.
Babs you are very likely right. And of course I knew something at least of your mum's story already. Take care.