Carole Hallam's memories of being a Student Nurse were hugely popular a couple of weeks ago.

So this week there's another chance to go back in time - right to the 1960s - as penned by former HRI nurse Molly Brearley.

Molly has brought out a book.....Which is entitled "The calling: Life as a student nurse in the 1960s."

Molly said “I started nursing in the old infirmary as a naïve 17-year-old, initially as a cadet nurse, as 18 was the minimum age to start nursing”

Molly vividly recalls the move from the old infirmary to the new Huddersfield Royal Infirmary at Lindley on September 22, 1966.

She said “It was a pleasure to work in a brand new hospital which was the first to install a new type of patients’ bedside locker incorporating nurse –call communication. When a patient pressed the call button it would light up the nurses’ station, which was more convenient than having to shout a nurse”

The former HRI nurse explains what it was like to work as nurse during that time and how things have changed.

Molly said:  "We lived in the new nurses' home. Being a group of mischievous young girls, we soon started to break the rules, sneaking out of the nurses' home every opportunity for a night at the disco."

Molly who later became a midwife, retired as a healthcare visitor and now lives with partner Bryan in Silsden.

The book can be ordered through the Huddersfield Branch of Waterstones or through Amazon here

** if you have memories or photos from your early days in the NHS then let Comms know and we'll share them. Everyone loves a look back!!