seaJane Posted 3 May , 2021 Share Posted 3 May , 2021 I've just come across this utterly charming little book online. Give yourselves a smile. Our hospital Anzac, British, Canadian. Pictures by Joyce Dennys, words by Hampden Gordon and M.G. Tindall. Link here: https://archive.org/details/ourhospitalanzac00denn. sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 3 May , 2021 Admin Share Posted 3 May , 2021 Fantastic Jane, thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 3 May , 2021 Share Posted 3 May , 2021 There were 2 further volumes in the series - Our Girls in Wartime & Rhymes of the Red Triangle with similarly amusing illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueburden Posted 3 May , 2021 Share Posted 3 May , 2021 Delightful. Thanks Jane. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 3 May , 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: 2 further volumes Thanks DJC, I'll look those up! Edit: Our Girls in War is likewise on archive.org, but they haven't the Red Triangle. I think the Hospital ABC wins, so far. Edited 3 May , 2021 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 3 May , 2021 Share Posted 3 May , 2021 3 hours ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: There were 2 further volumes in the series - Our Girls in Wartime & Rhymes of the Red Triangle with similarly amusing illustrations. Available online https://archive.org/details/ourgirlsinwartim00gord/mode/2up Our girls in Wartime If you live in areas such as North America you can access full view https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009041737 Rhymes of the Red Triangle Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 4 May , 2021 Share Posted 4 May , 2021 Here are the three books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly.Glott Posted 6 February , 2022 Share Posted 6 February , 2022 How wonderful to read this! I have just bought a copy of this on eBay, though we have a copy that was owned by my grandmother. The drawings are all sketches of real people who served at the Exeter No 2 Hospital with the very clever artist. My grandmother is the wistful nurse portrayed under "G is for Grouses". Her best friend, who served wth her in Exeter, and then later, in Malta, is the rather glamorous lass in "N is for Nurses". I'm writing my Granny's memoirs right now, being an old lady, and before all the memories she told me of disappear forever. She had an amazing life, being strong, dynamic, clever and independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 6 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2022 34 minutes ago, Polly.Glott said: I'm writing my Granny's memoirs right now, How wonderful! Do keep us posted on your progress with your Granny's memoirs. She sounds amazing. sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly.Glott Posted 6 February , 2022 Share Posted 6 February , 2022 Thanks, SeaJane! I shall certainly keep you posted...there is just so much material to trawl through that I can see myself working on this right into my dotage. It would have been helpful if she had not burned all her diaries "to save my descendants the trouble of sorting everything"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 6 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2022 17 hours ago, Polly.Glott said: burned all her diaries *faints in librarian*! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly.Glott Posted 6 February , 2022 Share Posted 6 February , 2022 23 minutes ago, seaJane said: *faints in librarian*! Yes, I know!! She did leave a sort of summary about her 3 1/2 years in Malta, but with focus on superficial things. None of the terrible things she she saw, and had to do, and which she told me about when I was a teenager. For further details, I've relied on her photo album, and on Vera Brittain, who was there at the same time, but for a much shorter posting. Nothing at all about the Exeter No 2 Hospital, but the Exeter Library and other local sources have been amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly.Glott Posted 7 February , 2022 Share Posted 7 February , 2022 This is the lady herself. Not the fashion plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2022 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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