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Inez StewartInez Stewart was born in Jamaica. She left school when she was 15. In 1960, aged 21, she came to England by plane. Initially she worked in a factory in Sheffield but in 1962 she took a hospital job in the Northern General Hospital, working in the dining room. She was the only Caribbean worker. Subsequently she became a nursing auxiliary. Inez Stuart, 2005  |
Hazel WatsonHazel Watson was born in Barbados. She left school when she was 14. She applied to various hospitals in England and in 1957, aged 16, travelled to England by boat on a government recruitment scheme. She worked as a housekeeper and supervisor in Abbots Langley Hospital, Hertfordshire, and later at Guy's Hospital, London. She retired in 1998. She is currently involved with a youth community group. Hazel Watson (centre), 2005  |
Elizabeth YatesElizabeth Yates was born in Guyana. She attended high school, took A levels and qualified as a geography teacher. In 1962, aged 19, she travelled to England by plane to train as an occupational therapist. She trained at the London School of Occupational Therapists, the only Caribbean person in the college at that time. She qualified in 1965 and started her first clinical appointment. In 1970 she took a full-time post as occupational therapist at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Great Portland Street. In 1972 she was appointed head occupational therapist at the Royal Northern Hospital, becoming the first black person to achieve that level of post. She retired in 1993 but currently works on the steering group with Neslyn Watson-DruŽe on a career development programme for occupational therapists. Elizabeth Yates, 2004  |
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