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<p>[QUOTE="Nancy Neal, post: 402603, member: 2665"]I am a retired nurse who trained at Mile End Hospital in the East End of London, nurses belt buckles were only allowed once you became an SRN, (State registered nurse, ) when in training differed colours of belts were worn to show your year (level) of training ,Buckles were usually silver and decorated but not overly so, I never saw a cape decorated with a buckle. different hospitals had slightly different rules I think, ie at my hospital once you were an RN you got a different cap also and the belt color changed to red, ,When you became a Sister(Head nurse or supervisor) you had a whole different uniform and fancy sleeves or cuffs . still have my belt buckle and Sister,s cap, I was a night supervisor. then went on to a ward (floor sister at another hospital, then a live in nurse at a school for handicapped children before emigrating to US ,never worse white uniforms until I came here, . thanks for the memories .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy Neal, post: 402603, member: 2665"]I am a retired nurse who trained at Mile End Hospital in the East End of London, nurses belt buckles were only allowed once you became an SRN, (State registered nurse, ) when in training differed colours of belts were worn to show your year (level) of training ,Buckles were usually silver and decorated but not overly so, I never saw a cape decorated with a buckle. different hospitals had slightly different rules I think, ie at my hospital once you were an RN you got a different cap also and the belt color changed to red, ,When you became a Sister(Head nurse or supervisor) you had a whole different uniform and fancy sleeves or cuffs . still have my belt buckle and Sister,s cap, I was a night supervisor. then went on to a ward (floor sister at another hospital, then a live in nurse at a school for handicapped children before emigrating to US ,never worse white uniforms until I came here, . thanks for the memories .[/QUOTE]
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