Peggy Alderton

Margaret “Peggy” Alderton · 1938–2025

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Peggy on the front step, aged about six

Peggy and her sister Joan feeding the hens

Peggy's primary school report card

First day of nursing training

How she met Ray

Peggy always told it the same way: a dropped clipboard outside Ward 3, and Ray picking it up before she'd even noticed it had gone. She said she knew within the week. They were married eleven months later.

Wedding day

Moving into the house on Bellbird Lane

The garden, first spring

Fiona's first birthday, in the garden

Grant learning to ride his bike

Peggy teaching Fiona to bake scones

The scone recipe card, in her handwriting

First trip to the lake house

Peggy swimming at dawn, as she did every summer

David's first fish, held up proudly and about four inches long

Christmas dinner, the whole table

Peggy in her nurse's uniform, ward Christmas party

The roses she was so proud of

Peggy and Colleen at the bowling club opening day

Retirement afternoon tea after twenty-six years on the ward

What she said about retiring

"Twenty-six years and I still don't know how to leave a room without checking someone's pulse on the way out." She kept volunteering at the hospital op-shop for another fifteen years.

Noa's christening

Peggy teaching Noa to plant beans

Sam's fourth birthday, Peggy leading the cake song loudly and off-key

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