Picture of nurse Florence Devereux taken at Howbeck Hospital (later Hartlepool General) in the 1930s. She was a nurse here until she got married when she had to leave. This was the case in those days : a married woman never worked - her job was to look after her husband and raise children.
Apparently, the only person to own a car at the time Florence worked there was a female doctor - unmarried, we presume !
Donor : Maureen O'Donnell
Location
Originally the site of the Hartlepool Union Workhouse, it later became Howbeck Hospital and then Hartlepool General Hospital. Now known as the University Hospital of Hartlepool.
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