Sue Perkins, was born in 1947 and raised in Australia, but moved to the UK at 18. She started training as a nurse in Westminster Hospital in 1966. She qualified as an SRN, then specialized as a children's nurse. After marrying, she trained as a Health Visitor, funded by London Borough of Newham, and worked in this role from 1972 to 1989. She details her training as a nurse, and her work with families and children as a Health Visitor.

She was a member of the Health Visitor's Association and discusses problems with salary re-banding. She started an independent nursery in Newham in 1989 with a loan of £5,000, and established a second nursery in Plaistow in 1991. She describes the development of her nurseries in East London and notes that she finally retired from operational direction in 2018, remaining an employer and provider.

In this clip Sue describes starting her nursery.

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Title	Perkins, Sue
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Production Date	2019
Format	Photograph
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Holding Institution	TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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