Uniform

Year 1 – Blue denim – red cape

Year 2 – White collar – red cape

Year 3 – White cuffs – red cape

Year 4 – Pelican!! Red belt for acting Sister.

Nurses home in Ardubald Place.

1964 I started as a pre-trained orthopaedic nurse straight into a white collar(!) from Princess Margaret Rose Hospital.

The first student nurse to get married in my third year. Wards 12 and 22 were my main wards and A&E was in Kircaldy for pre-trained nurses in an old flow mill.

There was a lot of fun not least on nights out where you put the lights in the kitchen on and waited for the scratching to stop before going in (cockroaches).

I loved my time in the Royal and nursed for over 40 years in a variety of roles for which the Royal prepared me.