Looking Back: The 'tea break' nurses reunited

While I was a porter in 1983 I snapped staff nurses Karen Belson, Maggie Moore, Anita Downs and Jane Kew enjoying a tea break on their night shift in the PDH cafeteria, writes street photographer Chris Porsz.

​The hospital was closed in 2010, demolished to become West Town Academy and a housing estate, so we did our reunion in 2020 in Midland Road.

Karen Belson, Maggie Moore, Anita Downs and Jane Kew reunited in 2020placeholder image
Karen Belson, Maggie Moore, Anita Downs and Jane Kew reunited in 2020

As you can see they absolutely loved catching up again and sharing fond memories of their tea break 37 years before!

See over 400 more images of Peterborough hospitals in my NHS book ‘Just Be Kind' available from my website.

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