100th Edition of the Bright Eyes Newsletter!
First Bright Eyes Newsletter
This image is the front cover of the first Bright eyes newsletter, an A5 booklet first published in 1983:
And this is the first ever article:
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Hospital Opening
This is an article about when the current hospital building was first opened, and when Les was awarded his MBE:
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Red Kites
This article was written by Les in 1997 about the first Red kites that Tiggywinkles treated, considering we now take in and treat over 100 of these majestic birds a year, you can really see how things have changed:
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Rescue Articles
These articles are about some of the more memorable rescues we’ve been on over the years:
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NVQ Students to Nurses
Our Head nurses Sharon and Fran remember these particular rescues from their early days, but it obviously didn’t put them off, as they are both still with us! Below is the article from when they first went from NVQ students to nurses:
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