Site nurse Betty Mitchell wading through mud on Section B of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (M1) during its construction

Betty Mitchell was in charge of the ambulance room on Section B of the London to Yorkshire Motorway. Some of the Laing projects were so big that they required workers to live on-site; nurses, shopkeepers and butchers also visited the sites and serviced the needs of Laing's workers.

Location

Bedfordshire Ridgmont

Period

1950s (1950 - 1959)

Themes

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1950s (1950 - 1959) workers nurse clothing motorway transport road people woman uniform health welfare