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The nursing career of the late Miss Nora Hillman was quite a colourful one. The following is an extract from her reminiscences appertaining to Brighton:-
'Well, I would go on and on but I don't want to bore anyone so will just say I finished up with over 20 years at the Children's Hospital in Brighton.
In later years Princess Alexandra was our Patroness here and she paid us a number of visits, some formal and some by her special request, informal. We had plenty of Baptisms in the wards here of course and on one occasion the Catholic Chaplain Fr Bennett arrived to baptise a young boy named Dennis aged 7 years.
Lady Mary Howard.
Our old Matron went to her wedding as did the people with whom she worked at Gt. Ormond Street, so we had an eye witness account of that, also a piece of her wedding cake as enough was sent for all the trained staff to have and share. I was among those who were presented to her when she visited us in our centenary year, as having served 20 years or more on the staff.
Colville.
Another highlight towards the end of my nursing life was the International Nursing Conference held in Brighton when our local Catholic Nurses Guild President was also the president of the International Catholic Nurses Association.
This was the first occasion when the Nursing Nuns were allowed to join us and didn't they just let their back hair down - of course it would not be quite such an event for them now.
Dinner at the Metropole - Civic Reception - Visit to Arundel Castle etc.
Professional visits.
Archbishop Cardinale and the International Bishop who was French took part in this as well as some of our English Bishops.'
There her story ends abruptly, Miss Nora Hillman died at Christmas 1995.
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