Perhaps very fitting - matches the twelve days of Christmas nicely!..
And being Christmas, we have some super
presents to distribute to lucky
winners in a Christmas competition which you will find outlined in the
'Collecting' column immediately below. Five prizes in fact, two super East Glamorgan Schools of Nursing badges donated by
member Fran Biley - they really are
super original and genuine badges in absolutely pristine condition. Only one
badge per correct entry...We
also have two different Reproduction UK schools of nursing badges - one for Cane Hill Hospital and the other for
North Wales Hospital, Denbeigh. Very Nice...
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Both donated by member
'alicostello' These really are worth collecting and make a super
way of replacing a lost badge which may no longer be available or a less
expensive way of collecting the rarer items. Not all hospital/school badges
are available but 'alicostello' is always willing to try to help.
We also have an article on this very subject
Here. Well worth a
read. We were once concerned that such badges could be passed off as genuine
item (these particular ones never are), but in fact, although on the face of
it perfect replicas they are quite easily distinguished by their perfectly
new finish and pin fastenings. The latter are clearly modern... One badge
per correct entry.
And, for our own contribution we are adding a brand new unopened DVD copy of
the film 'Atonement' - with it's magical sequence of St Thomas's Hospital
wards - including Sister and Probationers. If you have not seen this you
really have missed a bit of history reproduced in live action. Whilst the
film is a story based in WWI, the admittedly short nurse/nursing sequences
are something to behold. well worth watching. One copy, one winner...
Articles.
Our latest article 'Nurses Buckles and Badges' - by Edelweis
James, is already on the servers,
awaiting only a little photograph editing for completion. Judging by the
number of nurse-belt buckles on auction, particularly on ebay, it seems a
very opportune time to publish. The is link
right here and a notice is also on
the forum notice board.
A further article, possibly becoming a short series, on the subject of
Military Nursing/Badges is currently being planned for the New Year.
| Rules: Any member of
this website (SoN); nursingbadges; or
hospitalhistory
websites may enter. There are only five prizes. The
prizes have no monetary value. Winners will be notified by email. Only
winner/s schoolsofnursing ID name will be published. Proof of posting discharges all
obligations. First entry with correct answers in any/all
sections is the winner. The opinion of the judge/s decision will be
final. No correspondence will be entered into. The questions:- 1. Where was the East Glamorgan HA Schools of Nursing HQ based? 2. Where was (Geographically) the Cane Hill Hospital? 3. Where (Geographically) was the North Wales Hospital School of Nursing? 4. Who was the female lead star in the film 'Atonement'? 5. Look at the photograph for the past (below); follow the link and read the query below the photograph shown there; offer the best analysis that you can. Who were the nurses? What hospital were they from? what were (any of) the badges they wore in the photograph? The Prizes. Q1 - Genuine East Glamorgan HA SoN badge. Q2 - Cane Hill Hospital replica badge. Q3 - North Wales Hospital replica badge. Q4 - 'Atonement' DVD. Q5 - Genuine East Glamorgan HA SoN badge.
Closing date January 31st 2010. |
The site forum - Membership and Visitors.
In January 2007 we opened the forum for business. I new topic; 4
replies; 2 new members; and 5 unique visitors!! The current situation is
just a
little different. We now have 144 topics'; and 704 posts 306 posts from 156
members. Not too bad for a history site, but since this one deals with
nurses, nursing and hospitals we still have some way to go, but we have that
in hand. So far we have not sought to openly promote the site. Our
preference has always been to ensure quality and more importantly, 24/7
availability. Time perhaps, in 2010, to move forward...
Worldwide.. Certainly our visitors are wide ranging - from 44
countries worldwide... Australia & New Zealand and Canada are well represented
in addition to the UK and USA. There are also some more esoteric sounding
countries - China; Russia; Cayman Islands; Japan; Malaysia; plus Romania and
Spain.
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