Nurse Histories - Moving...
Our next history - Anthony (Tony) Sisson is now on the work bench - special and progressing. A way to go....
'Nightigales' sing in Berkley Square....
But that is only part of the story! They also sing, I believe, (along with the choir and congregation) in the nurses chapel of Westminster Abbey in London on the occasions of the annual Nightingale service. An annual event held close to Florence Nightingale's birthday on 12 May 1820. A remarkable, moving service. Have a look at some of the photographs from this years (2012) service here. An outline of the service is Here. And the main reports of the Florence Nightingale Foundation are here.
All this might not seem immediately relevant, as the service does not next take place until 2013, but the amount of activity surrounding these Nightingale school badges is noticeably very high. At least three since the last news page, plus an ebay to-and fro'ing of two badges (a pair) which were subsequently (apparently) withdrawn from sale. One that was not withdrawn was the badge of and photograph of Ms Barbara Tyler - "Assistant Matron-in-Charge at St. Thomas' Hydestile (Godalming, Surrey), when the hospital was moved out of London during the Blitz of 1941. Links repeated below if anyone wants another look. Left Click Here .
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Both successful sales - the one above and the one we
deal with below in the 'Collecting... The impossible!!...' column below,
netted the lucky auction winners more than
£500 per badge. On the other hand, the seller of Ms Tylers' badge (Gina O)
has very kindly donated a full set of Ms Tylers' scrap-book photographs for
reproduction here on SoN. Well done Gina, and very many thanks - sincerely.
The seller of the Nightingale SEN + registration badge, half her complete
set (see Col below) wanted the money to fund charitable work in India, and
was in the process of going there to do it personally (!) - and yes, I dug a
little into my pockets too - not nearly as deeply as I would have wished....
We might get a report or two from India...
And a new article. Our first from Sarah Rogers, who trained at the
London Hospital, on the absolutely fascinating illustrated history of the
badge. From a London hostelry (better known as a pub!) in 1740, to date!
The original Hospital was known as The London Infirmary, becoming the London
Hospital in 1748, and again to become the Royal London Hospital on it's 250th
anniversary in 1990...
The history of the badge, reflected in it's design is equally fascinating.
Even though it did not exist until the early 1920's. It's evolution can be
readily traced from it's original instigation (Irene Paulin); it's motto
(Sir William Blizzard) and coat of arms (Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston); to say
nothing of the presiding matron at it's introduction. Well Researched. Well
written. Go here to
read
it now (There is a return-here link).
Member Photograph Galleries.
Accumulating, now very, very slowly in the last quarter. The 'National'
galleries now contain 2655 nursing/hospital badge photographs encompassing
all areas of the UK; 350 photographs (buildings/people/ephemera); and 69
photographs of nurse uniforms, both civilian and military
will we achieve 4000 by the end of 2012? It seems like a very tall order....
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Right now it doesn't look at all likely,
but who knows, there are troughs and peaks throughout the year, and although
we have several more photographs in the pipeline the number is obviously
finite. One of the problems with attempting an estimate is that we just
don't have the total numbers in any particular category. Having said that we
are by no means discontented - we have a very fair number and the quality
remains high on average.
*There is a terrific amount of cataloguing
to do because all the labels and
descriptions have to be added so that search engines, and thereby searchers
(you perhaps?),
can find them on the internet. It seems an impossible task, but my, haven't we just come a very long way?
I think that we are going to need help....
But please, don't break copyrights when uploading/sending photographs. If you are ever uncertain please ask.
Most copyright holders we have met so far have been only to keen to assist.
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