What impression did Glenside have on those who lived and worked there?
Celestine Lewis Nursing Auxillary At Glenside Hospital
May Tanner provides her history of working in Bristol hospitals as it became part of the NHS
Like many she came from the Commonwealth. She ‘Answered the Call’ of the British Government for people to come to the UK to address short falls in the work force in the aftermath of the Second World War.
May came to work at Glenside Hospital in the 60s. She later worked at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI).
Hear her describe her journey, training and ambitions in the audio clips below.
Extract One
May Tanner describes her memories of coming to the UK in the fifties, full interview is below:
Extract Two
In this extract you’ll hear more from May Tanner who came from Barbados in 1956. Here May talks about what the training was like at Glenside and what it was like to work on the wards at that time.
The full interview (17mins)
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