Memories Of Smallfield
A Memory of Smallfield.
From the other side of the world I came across this memory page of Smallfield. I worked at Smallfield Hospital 1966/67 attached to the nurses dining room. Loved working there and the people I met. Unfortunately, I have lost contact with all of them as time moves on. I lived on site and I remember my bedroom window looked out over the fields towards Gatwick Airport. And this bedroom was centrally heated with radiators too!! A luxury for us colonials at the time.I used to shop in Horley where I remember there was a shop selling fabrics. As I sew, I returned to my home country with yards of material to keep me busy. I also 'faintly' remember visiting the local pub a few times and sitting in lounge chairs sipping away. And I can also remember my car (a mini) being serviced by the local Smallfield garage. The mention of gypsies encouraged me to write this as I saw them too and they were such a novelty. The mini car was garaged in one of those military corrugated iron type garages which I dare say have long gone. I was told at the time that the Canadians had built the hospital at the time of the second world war.
Eris
New Zealand
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I did part of my nurse training at Smallfield Hospital and the rest at the Redhill General Hospital. I remember starting in the PTS-Preleminary Traning School on Monday 12th January 1970 at aged 19 coming from Mauritius. It was in the peak of winter and coming from the tropics I felt the intense cold and it did really bite! I lived in the first block of the nurses home from the main entrance of the hospital. I have been trying to track down people I trained with but to no avail. Hope my little trip down memoty lane jogs some memories. Regards, Nick Raghoo.