Retirement of Nurse Millard 1971
By Viv Irvine
Nurse Millard was Rayleigh's midwife from the late 1940s until her retirement in 1971. She lived in a bungalow in Daws Heath Rd, on the corner of Nursery Close (now 2 houses)
During those years she must have delivered many, many babies - were you one? I was, in 1948, and so was my brother in 1957.
In the picture the lady just behind her is Sheila Cooper. The tall man behind Nurse Millard is Dr Saunders and I think I can see Drs Nicholls & Timms at the back on the left.
She was awarded the MBE or OBE after she retired.
Are you in the photo? Do let us know if you recognise anyone or have any stories about Nurse Millard or the doctors in the picture.