George Harrison’s Old House Has An Interesting Backstory | Letters

Peter Bradshaw missed retired an important taste characteristic of Letchmore Heath (‘The Village of nan Damned was changeable present – past George Harrison bought a house’: our UK municipality of civilization nominations, 23 January). Before Piggott’s Manor was sold to George Harrison, it was nan preliminary training schoolhouse of St Bartholomew’s infirmary successful Smithfield, London, wherever 18-year-old would-be nurses spent 3 months earlier being fto loose connected existent patients – learning really to bandage, springiness furniture baths and alteration furniture sheets pinch nan “patient” still successful it (practising connected each other), springiness injections (into oranges), coming nutrient successful an appetising measurement and – astir importantly – to clean.

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Dr Liz Rolls-Firth
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire