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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.

In 1931, at the age of 17, Florence began training as a nurse at the Frenchay Hospital in Bristol. She initially worked as a midwife, but by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, she was training as a district nurse. After the war she decided to go into missionary work, and in October 1947 she left England for Ratnapur in Bangladesh.

She is described as a legend by those who knew of her 28 years work in Bangladesh - where she faced every kind of hardship – bandits, battles, disease and danger, to make a lasting contribution to thousands of lives. Florence had recently retired as a missionary and returned to England to work with the Reverend Alex Soloman in parish of St George in the East in London's Stepney.

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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