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Evening Telegraph, October 13, 1981.
From the archive of Jean Watson,
Former Nursing Auxiliary at Colton Ward and The Squirrels, Rushden Hospital.
Transcribed by Greville Watson, April 2010
Act of kindness by children

Act of Kindness for Colton Ward

Five-year-old Elizabeth Allen presents produce to Staff Nurse Mayes.
(Jean Watson on extreme right)

Patients at Rushden Hospital's Colton Ward received a special harvest festival present from the children of the town's Newton Road Infants' School.

A group of 10 pupils staged a short play for five mentally handicapped youngsters in the ward.

The 45-minute production was under the direction of head-mistress Mrs Jacqui Neal.

The infants also presented Staff Nurse Sue Mayes and her staff with fruit and other produce.

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