Oral history interview with Elizabeth Srogi

Title Oral history interview with Elizabeth Srogi, 2022

Interview date 15/08/2022

Interview location St John Ambulance, Durham

Interview length 01:03:02

Interview reference ARC2023/011/045

Interview summary

Liz (LS) joined St John as a Junior in the Murton Division when she was eight. She describes wanting to emulate her father and recalls her early days with bandaging and resuscitation training. LS talks about the Division’s meeting place and the uniform the Cadets wore. LS describes attending memorable events, meeting other Divisions, and meeting Princess Anne at Stockton racecourse. LS describes her biggest regret as not getting her Grand Prior’s Award. LS talks about opportunities to perform first aid demonstrations and presentations, and using the resuscitation dummies when they first became available. She describes having an extended stay in hospital during her childhood which resulted in her wearing a caliper and goes on to describe and taking on further leadership roles.

Starting year: 1959

Starting Division/Unit: Murton Colliery Combined Cadet Division, County Durham

Accompanying records: Accompanying Liz’s oral history interview is a photograph of Liz and another Nursing Cadet in their uniform at the Murton village fair in 1963.

Last updated: SD 30/03/2023