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Tea ladies of St Jude’s hospital. Joanna Nell. 2021.
Tea ladies of St Jude’s hospital. Joanna Nell. 2021.
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Meet the Tea Ladies:
Hilary Halliday. 76.
The Manageress. Separated from: Jim
Wearer of the prized red apron. Married to: The Marjorie Marshall Memorial Cafeteria.
Likes: Procedure
Rather likes: the hospital’s handsome general manager, Dave Rawlinson.
Pet peeve: Lateness, cigarettes.
Current residence: her sister’s spare bedroom.
Joy Grainger 74
The ‘intern’. Married to: Len, ‘fifty-three years and never a cross word’.
Aspires to the green apron. Likes: Flirting with young doctors (don’t tell Len), gin and tonic.
Challenges: Punctuality, wayward accessories.
Signature style: Bird of Paradise, matching eyelashes.
Wishes she were: Gloria Steinem.
Chloe Foster-Pearson. 17.
The student. Daughter of two surgeons.
Blue apron. Wishes she were: Not the daughter of two surgeons.
Signature style: Tie-dye, Doc Martens with everything.
Dislikes: Freckles, the sight of blood.
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