Oral history interview with Celia Streeter

Title Oral history interview with Celia Streeter, 2022

Interview date 07/06/2022

Interview location Interviewee’s home

Interview length 01:26:03

Interview reference ARC2023/011/018

Interview summary

Celia (CS) started as a Junior before becoming a Cadet with the Winchester Nursing Cadet Division. CS talks about competitions she participated in and how the local Areas and Divisions were divided up for the purposes of the competition. CS talks about courses and exams undertaken for her Grand Prior’s Award, and the challenging nature of the learning process. CS recollects in detail her Cadet uniform and its changes over time. CS recollects attending the opening of Chichester Theatre, attended by the Queen Mother, and parading for Princess Margaret. CS talks about the different roles she undertook as a youth member and later as an adult member of St John Ambulance, and goes on to talk about the awards she received. CS talks about meeting her husband through the organisation.

Starting year: 1953

Starting Division/Unit: Winchester Nursing Cadet Division, Hampshire

Accompanying records: Accompanying Celia’s oral history interview are photographs of Celia as a Cadet and at her wedding with a Cadet guard of honour.

Last updated: SD 30/03/2023

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