Ep190 Nurse, you have got to come!
Gwenllian (Gwen) Decil LeGrow was born in South Wales on December 10, 1912. She served as a radio operator during World War II and became a nurse in London England. Gwen loved adventure and in 1949 went to Newfoundland to serve as a nurse in the outports. It was there she met and married the local R...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_oral/872 2023-12-31T10:15:07+01:00 Ep190 Nurse, you have got to come! Marsh, Marilyn LeGrow, Gwenllian audio/mp3 30:00 minutes; 22.2 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/872 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Traditions and Expressions http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/872 CC BY-NC 4.0 Living Heritage Podcast, a co-production of Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and CHMR Radio at Memorial University Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Oral traditions expressions and the written word Sound Audio ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z Gwenllian (Gwen) Decil LeGrow was born in South Wales on December 10, 1912. She served as a radio operator during World War II and became a nurse in London England. Gwen loved adventure and in 1949 went to Newfoundland to serve as a nurse in the outports. It was there she met and married the local RCMP officer and love of her life Reg to whom she was married for fifty-three years. In the 1980s, Gwen LeGrow was interviewed by Marilyn Marsh on nursing practices in Newfoundland. In this remarkable bit of archival audio, she talks about her experiences as a nurse in outport Newfoundland, London during the blitz, and her early work as a midwife. Gwen Legrow passed away in Calgary in 2009 at the age of 96. Audio Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Gwenllian (Gwen) Decil LeGrow was born in South Wales on December 10, 1912. She served as a radio operator during World War II and became a nurse in London England. Gwen loved adventure and in 1949 went to Newfoundland to serve as a nurse in the outports. It was there she met and married the local RCMP officer and love of her life Reg to whom she was married for fifty-three years. In the 1980s, Gwen LeGrow was interviewed by Marilyn Marsh on nursing practices in Newfoundland. In this remarkable bit of archival audio, she talks about her experiences as a nurse in outport Newfoundland, London during the blitz, and her early work as a midwife. Gwen Legrow passed away in Calgary in 2009 at the age of 96. |
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Living Heritage Podcast, a co-production of Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and CHMR Radio at Memorial University Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory |
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