Black and white image of three people standing in front of a striped tent. On the tent is a sign that reads Information Bureau and Recruiting Centre. The person on the left is a nurse in uniform, wearing a white pinafore over a dress and a white headscarft. The person is the centre is a young boy in a Cadet uniform of shorts and shirt. The person on the right is a man in a black suit and hat. He is carrying a communication device on his back.

Schoolgirls Picture Library Comic: Lorna, Nursing Cadet, 1962

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Colour photograph of the cover of a comic book for girls with a story about a St John Ambulance Nursing Cadet called Lorna. Printed in black on a pale pink paper with an illustration of 6 Nursing Cadets in uniform, standing in front of an eight-pointed cross
Museum of the Order of St John
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This is a rare surviving copy of a comic called the ‘Schoolgirls Picture Library’. This issue features a fictional account of the adventures of a St John Ambulance Nursing Cadet. It was published by Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.