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there for a short while she retraced her steps back down and
all seemed quiet.
We were truly amazed that this should have been going on
for quite some time without our knowledge. We had to spoil
her fun for the fear on one evening she should tumble from the
top of the wardrobe and do herself some serious harm. The cot
was relocated!

PETER
I feel something more must be mentioned of Peter and this
is the best place to fit it in.
Peter and his wife Margaret moved into their new house on
the Woodside Estate just off Boston’s London Road at the same
time as Ruth and I moved into our new home, diagonally
opposite, in the same cul de sac.
As I have mentioned already, Peter was the Charge Nurse
(Sister in Charge) of the Orthopaedic Ward at the London Road
Hospital. Margaret was a Nursing Sister on one of the other
surgical wards.
Ruth was a Staff Nurse working with Peter until she was
appointed Relief Sister.

Largely because of varying nursing off duty rotas, Peter was
frequently off duty when Ruth was working so we had time to
hatch various plots and plan sailing excursions together.
It was Peter who was the first to become involved with my
Classic MG buying exploits. Before that he had been
instrumental in providing all the help and transport to enable a
quick, 24 hour engine change for my Rover saloon while
engaged on my initial Firestone Induction and Sales Course in
London. Without his aid, I would have been well and truly
‘snookered’.
Back at the world of work Peter was also an exceptional
Nurse and when plans were announced to build a new General
Hospital at Boston, Peter managed to persuade the local

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