NOSTALGIA: 18-mile bed-push effort by nurses and friend for Pilgrim Hospital scanner appeal

These nurses and a schoolgirl friend were planning to push a bed the 18 miles from Spilsby to Boston 35 years ago.

The effort was being made to raise money for Pilgrim Hospital’s CAT Scanner Appeal. Tickets were to be sold on the day for people to guess how long the bed push would take.

Getting set to raise funds for Boston's Pilgrim Hospital in 1986.placeholder image
Getting set to raise funds for Boston's Pilgrim Hospital in 1986.

Pictured, from left, are nurses Jane Allinson, organiser Heather Hague, Helen Edwards, 14-year-old Donna Palmer and Glenda Ruff.

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