Oral history interview with Tracy Kane

Title Oral history interview with Tracy Kane, 2022

Interview date 22/06/2022

Interview location St John Ambulance, Stevenage

Interview length 00:24:39

Interview reference ARC2023/011/030

Interview summary

Tracy (TK) talks about joining a St John Cadet Division where her mother was the Divisional Officer and led the Cadet Division. TK talks about her Cadet uniform and its impracticalities. She talks about attending duties and putting first aid training into practice as a Cadet and later as an adult member. TK talks about attending memorable events and celebrations. She describes challenges in attaining her Grand Prior’s Award. She describes leading her own Badger Sett aged 16. TK talks about her time with St John Ambulance as an adult member when her intended career did not come to fruition. She goes on to talk about the awards and honours she has received from St John. TK talks about her familial love of St John and the family members who are also part of the organisation.

Starting year: 1981

Starting Division/Unit: Hitchin Nursing Cadets, Hertfordshire

Accompanying records: Accompanying Tracy’s oral history interview are photographs of Tracy as a uniformed Cadet.

Last updated: SD 30/03/2023 Museum of the Order of St John