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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Florence Priest, medical missionary, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the audience at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios.

Florence, who was born in Bristol and qualified as a midwife at the city's Frenchay Hospital, spent the war years as a district nurse working through the Blitz at Portsmouth Naval Base. After the war, she trained for missionary work, and in October 1947, she left England for Ratnapur in Bangladesh.

For 28 years, Florence faced every kind of hardship working in the local hospital - bandits, battles, disease and danger - to make a lasting contribution to thousands of lives. Having recently retired as a missionary, she returned to England to work with the Reverend Alex Soloman in the parish of St George in the East in Stepney, London.

programme details...

• Edition No: 453
• Subject No: 450
• Broadcast date: Wed 19 Jan 1977
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Wed 12 Jan 1977
• Venue: Euston Road Studios
• Series: 17
• Edition: 13
• Code name: Lamp

on the guest list...

• Rev Alex Soloman
• Pat Bennett
• Jean - sister
• Babs - sister
• Audrey - sister
• Ernest - brother
• Bill - brother
• Corrie Teasdale
• Anne Needle
• Frank Simmons - brother-in-law
• Dr Peggy Bean
• Bartholomew Carralli
• Meg Bishop
• Cathy Burdon
• Dr Sam
• Martha Bishash
Filmed tribute:
• children of the orphanage in Balapur

related appearance...

• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000

production team...

• Researcher: Marilyn Gaunt
• Writer: John Sandilands
• Directors: Royston Mayoh, Terry Yarwood
• Producer: Jack Crawshaw

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