speaking of "tea"....................
I HATE hot tea, but love iced tea. I love the smell of coffee, yet, I might only drink 2 or 3 cups a YEAR! This iced tea was made years ago in a crock on a stove at the famed "Pittston Hospital". It was known, especially, for it's stellar school of nursing.All over the U.S., if you mentioned. "Graduate of Pittston Hospital School of Nursing", you were hired!! Because of our rich coal mining region, it was also quite known as a superb "burn treatment center", for the treatment of mining injuries.
A few years back, I, along with a 'team', wrote and directed a documentary about the hospital and it's leadership. I unearthed the "recipe". For a bout a year, 7 of us would meet in my home to pour over photos, interviews, etc, to go into said documentary.
All of these retired nurses grew up on that tea. I surprised them all by serving it to them. They were amazed and "nostalgic" about it. I make it ever since.
I was born in that hospital, as were most of my family. I learned that my father was the last person to die there, before the brand new, state of the art hospital opened.
So, the place is near to my heart.
It's been called a lot of things. Some, who have no history or respect for the place, (or me, for that matter), have called it a mental hospital. Say that to the faces of those who worked there and see how far you'd get.
But, we cannot be responsible for the actions of others.... only our own.
So, gallons will flow in 2021 when The VCCC convention meets here.
By the way.... the hospital was cleaned regularly with Hoover vacuums.
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