Yesterday, 06:35 PM
That must have delighted her patients! I'm full of admiration.
From my research so far it seems that nursing associations started providing cars for nurses in rural areas in the mid '30s and at least two regional associations used Rubies. Prior to then they had supplied bikes or motorbikes! and post war they all seemed to use Morris 8s. There is more detailed information to be had but website problems mean this is unavailable at the moment.
Our car is a fixed-head saloon and over the years several people have told me that these tended to be bought by "fleet" buyers or organisations (most private buyers would pay the extra and have a de-luxe saloon) of which nursing associations would be an obvious one. I find these bits of historical context quite interesting.
From my research so far it seems that nursing associations started providing cars for nurses in rural areas in the mid '30s and at least two regional associations used Rubies. Prior to then they had supplied bikes or motorbikes! and post war they all seemed to use Morris 8s. There is more detailed information to be had but website problems mean this is unavailable at the moment.
Our car is a fixed-head saloon and over the years several people have told me that these tended to be bought by "fleet" buyers or organisations (most private buyers would pay the extra and have a de-luxe saloon) of which nursing associations would be an obvious one. I find these bits of historical context quite interesting.