My latest book, “A Broken Nurse of the Great War- the diary of Sister Mabel Crook NZANS". Is available in UK £25.00 including postage in 2nd class UK or NZ posted non rural $48.50 please email nznursinghistory@gmail.com

Happy friyay - what are we all having on this hot late spring/ early summer night? Opening the birthday present to myself because the gift giver said so 😎 cheers!

Tried a little experiment this morning as I have 200 pages of handwritten script text to analyse - popped 1 page into copilot to see *if* this helps- I can read the text fine, just looking for key words. Well copilot changed rank, context, added in new content - will do manually

Ww2 military historians - in a NZ file I see T.T & F.R.W. They were boarded as Grade1, which was same grade as enlistment. Leave was granted then they returned overseas. Would this have been a routine medical? I’d be grateful if someone could tell what the abbreviations are 🙏

Good to stock up on the green stuff at work- rather a large baggie 🌱🌱 plus I’ve this in my office all day!

Our first nursing reunion planning meeting went well - we all recognized each other 😮‍💨, we all got the date of when we sat states wrong 😐so have a few more months. We all have serious proper jobs but spent time talking about who climbed up the fire escape after hours the most😜

Our new advertising poster for the chapel with new opening hours #HistNursing

The day of my graduation I decided to cut my fringe myself !!

And plans are now underway for the 40th year reunion of our nursing in Palmerston North for next year 😱 how the heck did that happen - the last of the old school hospital trained nurses in the North Island. Might have to do a reprint of ‘The Right Girls’

Wow some people in Chch have picked up some bargains- just got the invoice back from auctioneer of mums stuff. Solid rimu dining table & 4 chairs sold for $48, sofa $10, 6 place doulton dinner set $114, - hopefully gone to great homes & helping people out. They had good years 😮

This is brilliant- the kiwi in London growing feijoas bumped into our wonderful ex Pm at Twickenham and he handed over some feijoas. That’s how NZ rolls in wild 🤩🥰 https://t.co/rWSf8Xf693

All the best to the hundreds of student nurses around the country about to sit their state Exams tomorrow morning - soon there will be hundreds more RNs hoping the workforce. 🤞

Any Ponsonby Cafe culture followers??

Aucklanders any rec for vegan friendly brunch along ponsonby road. Doesn’t need to be fully vegan

Since this was made we’ve had a hugely successful WW2 nurse’s exhibition, some new donations & soon the committee are meeting the last relative of a WW2 to discuss her letters, diaries & medals & we’ve reconnected her with the remembrance army as she doesn’t have a headstone 🙏

A bonus was chatting to a Belgian in the group about WW1 Battlefields 😎

New hiking group today & stunning 10k hike from Charteris Bay to Diamond Harbour - lunch in historic grounds of Godley House, Lyttleton Harbour is old volcano & lots of volcanic rock evident. Stunning views

Well done England looks like well deserved win - credit where credit due & it seems a game of 2 halves. At end of day sport was the winner #Rugby 🇳🇿 vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿today I’ll claim my English parentage for the win 😊

Despatches in from Manchester- son just won player of the year at the Tennis club he plays at - kiwis rule- means there’s a strong chance of a win for the ABs at Twickers later. I went to 1 match there in 1991 I think Eng vs Canada 🇳🇿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

My @GreatWarGroup pals may remember the times I gifted a bunch of you precious feijoa chutney- now it seems a kiwi is growing them in London !!

Followed by a bit of cold chisel