Nurse Rhodes, a dedicated healthcare professional
Introduction Joan Dorothy Rhodes’s life is distinguished by her pivotal role as the district nurse and midwife at West Coker Surgery from 1946 to 1976.[1] She played a critical part in providing community nursing at a time when the National Health Service transformed healthcare in this country. Birth in Little Eaton Joan was born two […]
An Easter wedding breakfast
On 13 April 1903, Robert Marsh and Mary Axe were married at Hardington Parish Church. After the ceremony, the Rector, Rev Cleife, hosted a wedding breakfast for the couple and their friends at the rectory where Mary had worked for five years.[1] The rector had reason to be grateful to Mary. The previous year, she […]