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At the coal face : the memoir of a pit nurse / Joan Hart and Veronica Clark.

Nā: Kaituhi: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:Long Preston : Magna, 2016.Edition: Large print editionWhakaahuatanga: 428 pages (large print) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780750542890
  • 0750542896
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: Summary: This is a heart-warming memoir of Joan Hart, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Joan always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16. Working in London and Doncaster, she grew to know the miners not only as a nurse, but as a confidante and friend. She tended injured miners underground and rescued men from the pits. Moving and uplifting, this is a story of one woman's life, marriage and work.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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This is a heart-warming memoir of Joan Hart, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Joan always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16. Working in London and Doncaster, she grew to know the miners not only as a nurse, but as a confidante and friend. She tended injured miners underground and rescued men from the pits. Moving and uplifting, this is a story of one woman's life, marriage and work.

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