Really should be ironing.........but well you know how it is
2nd attempt at the 1939 reg looking for relatives
Not sure what I have found
.Have found what looks like my relative at the above base. After searching google found it has mixed comments.
Barrow Hospital, known to most as just Barrow, or Barrow Gurney, lies in 11 acres of mature woodland (called the Wild Country) off Wild Country Lane, Long Ashton, three miles south-west of Bristol. Built between 1934-7 for Bristol City Council by H. Willcock and Co., of Bristol & Wolverhampton, and opening officially 3.5.1939, Barrow was the last mental asylum to be built in Britain, therefore it's no surprise to see the buildings not conforming to the stereotypical, grim, Victorian asylums, for the hospital was designed as a user-friendly place, light, airy and therapeutic. Initially (1938) used to relieve overcrowding at Fishponds (later Glenside) Hospital, the site was quickly requisitioned by the military in 1939 & used as a Royal Navy Hospital, known as The Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital Barrow Gurney, serving Naval establishments across the South West of England until late 1946.
Ok so my relative is on a long list of other people, all having different occupations. It tells me their (my relative)
Personnal Occupation......Factory Hand (Confectionary)
in another column
Instructions....................V.A.D West Lancs (could be Lanes) W/5700
The list is ladies only they have a mixed array of jobs (most not associated with a hospital) although there are cooks but there are mill works, dental workers, house keepers and WRNS which are obviously associated with the Naval Hospital. The WRNS in the instruction column are all cooks.
I do know that in later life she became a Health Visitor, so could this be a list of Axilary Nurses ??
Her birthday matches and she isnt at the home address in 1939 or anywhere else I can see. I found her by putting in basic details and then updating in the edit page. No matter how I look this is the only person who matches.
Has anyone found anything similar or our you familiar with the abbreviations they use
Many thanks
Sue x
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