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Nora Philip Fry was born in Dundee but moved to Aberdeen some years later with her parents and was educated at Hilton Academy.
She trained as a nurse in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Her Aberdeen nurse training was at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where she qualified as a paediatric nurse in the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. She moved to Edinburgh where she trained as a general nurse. Then she returned to Aberdeen to train as a midwife at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.
After qualifying she moved to Canada where in 1964 she worked in the Toronto Hospital.
In 1965 she became a Federal Government employee and then spent 24 years working with North American Indians and Inuit tribes in isolated communities as a Nurse. She worked in six different reservations as well as working with the Inuit in the High Arctic. Tribes included the Sioux, Blackfoot and Cree.
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The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
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Nora Fry was given the honour of having a name bestowed on her by a native elder. This was Iikiinapaki by the Native Americans which means Gentle Woman.
Her nursing career wasn't as average as that of most nurses - Nora often worked in areas populated by seals and polar bears and was Canada's most northerly situated nurse. Visiting patients often involved long journeys travelling across the frozen sea by skidoo and sled.
These isolated areas tested Nora's resolve and nursing skills where she often worked in isolation without medical or fellow nursing support. Her job included general nursing, dentistry, delivering babies, immunising the population, treating illnesses and diseases and emergency care of the population.
In 1989 Nora Philip Fry took a new role in Calgary as a public health administrator. She met her husband, Arthur, a school administrator from Ontario. They moved to the Rocky mountains when they retired.
In 2003 Nora Philip Fry returned to Scotland and settled in Stonehaven with her husband Arthur Fry.
She wrote her first book, which is called Naja, based on her experiences. Naja is the native word for nurse. This true story describes the hardships faced by other cultures with their belief systems in a modern world. Nora Philip Fry narrates the rigorous life she faced whilst living and working as a non Inuit in a society that lacked the conveniences of everyday life. During this time Nora Philip Fry met famous people, slept in an igloo, travelled by dog team, panned for gold and was presumed missing as she bobbed on a lake overnight in an aircraft.
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We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
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An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
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In July 2007 Nora Fry returned to Canada and met Archie Lucas, a man she saved in 1967. He was born premature and with a serious lung infection. Local doctors thought he would die but the intensive nursing care of Nora Fry saved him from certain death. Archie was now working as a fur trapper at Whitehorse on North West Canada. Nora showed him a photograph of him as a baby, something he had never seen.
Nora Philip Fry - Naja
Biography
Nora Philip Fry was born in Dundee but moved to Aberdeen some years later with her parents and was educated at Hilton Academy.
She trained as a nurse in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Her Aberdeen nurse training was at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where she qualified as a paediatric nurse in the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. She moved to Edinburgh where she trained as a general nurse. Then she returned to Aberdeen to train as a midwife at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.
Nora Philip Fry In Canada
After qualifying she moved to Canada where in 1964 she worked in the Toronto Hospital.
In 1965 she became a Federal Government employee and then spent 24 years working with North American Indians and Inuit tribes in isolated communities as a Nurse. She worked in six different reservations as well as working with the Inuit in the High Arctic. Tribes included the Sioux, Blackfoot and Cree.
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My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Nora Fry was given the honour of having a name bestowed on her by a native elder. This was Iikiinapaki by the Native Americans which means Gentle Woman.
Her nursing career wasn't as average as that of most nurses - Nora often worked in areas populated by seals and polar bears and was Canada's most northerly situated nurse. Visiting patients often involved long journeys travelling across the frozen sea by skidoo and sled.
These isolated areas tested Nora's resolve and nursing skills where she often worked in isolation without medical or fellow nursing support. Her job included general nursing, dentistry, delivering babies, immunising the population, treating illnesses and diseases and emergency care of the population.
In 1989 Nora Philip Fry took a new role in Calgary as a public health administrator. She met her husband, Arthur, a school administrator from Ontario. They moved to the Rocky mountains when they retired.
In 2003 Nora Philip Fry returned to Scotland and settled in Stonehaven with her husband Arthur Fry.
She wrote her first book, which is called Naja, based on her experiences. Naja is the native word for nurse. This true story describes the hardships faced by other cultures with their belief systems in a modern world. Nora Philip Fry narrates the rigorous life she faced whilst living and working as a non Inuit in a society that lacked the conveniences of everyday life. During this time Nora Philip Fry met famous people, slept in an igloo, travelled by dog team, panned for gold and was presumed missing as she bobbed on a lake overnight in an aircraft.
Buy Naja
with free delivery available. More famous Aberdonians.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
In July 2007 Nora Fry returned to Canada and met Archie Lucas, a man she saved in 1967. He was born premature and with a serious lung infection. Local doctors thought he would die but the intensive nursing care of Nora Fry saved him from certain death. Archie was now working as a fur trapper at Whitehorse on North West Canada. Nora showed him a photograph of him as a baby, something he had never seen.
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