Retired nursing sister Maggie Cunningham, from West End, never realised that her question about the availability of a school for physically challenged children in the northern areas in 1969 would result in the establishment of the Northern Lights School 13 years later.
It started out as an idea by an orthopaedic doctor and nurse at Livingstone Hospital to provide education to their young patients, and this year Northern Lights School in Cotswold is celebrating 40 years of existence.
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