About Me

    Christa Ebensee 1943                                     christa with friend 1954                                           Christa Trafalga Square 2008                                                                                                                                                

I was born on the 2 February 1936 in Mainz Germany. 

In 1939 at the age of 3 years my parents and sister moved to Ebensee, upper Austria, where my father, a Pharmacist opened his own Pharmacy.
 

After the war in 1949 we moved to the upper Austrian capital Linz/Danube

All my primary and higher education I received in Austria.

In 1953 my father was offered a job in JAVA Indonesia in a large Hospital Pharmacy by the Indonesian Government, which he took on,

and in February that year we left Austria.

When we arrived in Indonesia we took residence in Bandung, where the hospital was situated  (Ranja  Badak).

For some time I went to an Indonesian College to further my education, but because of the language problems did not receive any certificates.

In December 1958 I left Indonesia of the age of 22 years, on an Dutch Ocean Liner “WILLEM Ruys” and arrived in Southampton England on the 5^th January 1959.

At first on my arrival, I went to College for foreign students to brush up my English, and on the 15th June 1959 I started work as an Auxiliary nurse in Bexley, Kent, in a large Psychiatric Hospital.

In 1963 I started training as a student nurse in Bexley Hospital and qualified in April 1967 and became a fully fledged RMN (Registered Mental Nurse.)

I remained in Bexley Hospital for another year, as a Staff Nurse, and in January 1968 I got a position as Ward Sister at Netherne Hospital Surrey.

I remained at Netherne Hospital till my retirement in 1991 at the age of 55yrs.

In retirement I pursued my hobbies.

I took some classes in the Further Education College, and learned painting in water colours.

My other interests are:

In wood painting, Narrow Boot painting, silk painting, porcelain painting.

Needle work Cross Stitch and other Stitch type.

Working with different material, such as salt dough, and moulding

the dough into different shapes.

Making of soft toys

In the year of 2000 I took several short courses in Computer technology.

At present I have joint the Open University to learn more about