In it she talks about training up of district nurses to go out into the community and tend to both sick children and the elderly nearing the end of their life. The four page hand-written letter, addressed to a 'Mr Hollingsworth', fell out of a photo album during a house clearance at a deceased estate in Chickerell, near Dorchester, Dorset. In the letter the 'Lady with the Lamp' wrote: 'I always feel that we are still on the threshold of training. 'I flicked through it and this letter fell out of it and I saw Florence Nightingale's name. 'This letter has a lot of writing by Florence Nightingale, so I would imagine it could fetch up to £1,000.

Source: Daily Mail October 16, 2019 09:56 UTC