Living Well Hospice Patients engage in memorabilia

Patients at the Living Well Service were engaged and entertained by a presentation by Military Historian, Paul Hunt who shared some of his World War Two (WW2) memorabilia.

One of the many things he shared and passed around, included a box of souvenirs from a brave Nurse who served in WW2. The box containing the pictures and medals was donated to Paul by the family of a nurse who owned the box and had recently died and wanted him to tell her story. She was a Red Cross Nurse – one of the nurses known as the 173 nurses who were also involved in the D-Day campaign.

The patients were so interested in the talk that Paul stayed much longer to talk to them. One of the Living Well Service patients who was a former nurse was very interested to see them and it ignited new conversations. Another of the patients said she had also been a Red Cross Cadet and it brought back memories of caring for others.

Paul had previously visited the Living Well Service to share memorabilia about Anne Frank and we look forward to inviting him again soon.

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