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Putting the polish on diamond day

News Focus: Celebrations will mark milestone for the health service, writes Helen Puttick

When Margaret Taylor started her nursing career in Glasgow there were two thermometers to a ward.

She earned £3 and one shilling a month at the ear, nose and throat hospital in St Vincent Street and, after paying for her digs, there was little left over for food.