Gwenda Gofton and Pat Small recall their adventures on an American road trip in the late 1950s, as told in the book 'Bedpans and Bobby Socks'. It all began when the young nurses bought their first car in Newcastle in 1953 . . .
In April 1958, five young British nurses drove out of Cleveland, Ohio, where they had been working for a year, to see the rest of the USA. In this recording, Gwenda Gofton and her best friend Pat Small remember those days – the jobs they did and the people they met – some of which are recounted in the 2011 book Bedpans and Bobby Socks (Little, Brown). Little did they realise that buying their first car as student nurses in Newcastle would change their lives. Produced by Barbara Fox Audio by Joseph Fox Music: Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) Ellington Colliery Brass Band (https://www.ecband.org.uk) With grateful thanks to Arts Council England Bedpans & Bobby Socks is also available as an ebook and an audiobook
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