<i>A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945</i><br>
Off-duty nurses relax in the Games Room at the Bedford Hotel, Buxton.  In the foreground, Miss Butler, a probationer, plays table tennis.  Behind her Miss Ingram (a hospital nurse) and Miss Melling (QA nursing sister) play a game of snooker.  Miss Ingram takes her shot as Miss Melling looks on.  According to the original caption, Miss Melling has spent 12 years serving overseas.
Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
1945
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