New Nursing badges public gallery opening at schoolsofnursing.co.uk...
When our website was first envisaged one of our esteemed members suggested that our photograph galleries could be public. A little like flicker I suppose. The problem was one of security. Leaving the original galleries open to all meant just that. Not on option. But now we are well into making all our galleries public and secure, thanks to the benevolence of several members who have given permission for the use of their uploaded photographs. We already have several hundred photographs and available technical details prepared for our first public gallery. An enormous task with many hours of work involved. We still have over 3000 badges to process, but we might have some online by Christmas. It may take a long time, but it will be done. Watch this space!!
And another two new articles from Sarah Rogers. The first an outstanding Nurse Badge set and Personal History - Eleanor Mason, nee Jasper, 1875-1938. The second, the history and superb badges of Helen Waddell 1878-1949. Both are very well worth reading and great contributions to the history of the nursing profession.
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Early birds may well have already seen the links on the notice board, but if not, the links are above.
Ms Barbara Tyler -
St Thomas Hospital - Scrapbook Part 8.
The page 8 of the scrapbook collection 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". We owe our thanks to - Gina O - who kindly gave us permission
to use her photographs.
And also to Keith Haikes, an American nurse
who is the current owner of the book and who has provided further
photographs.
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The scrapbook photographs are presented
exactly as we received them - the icons above are linked to our own pages
in a pseudo-reproduction -
leaving a little room for us to perhaps eventually fill in the detail
that the nurse creating the original, Ms Tyler, did not need since the
scrapbook - and the memories it contains, was for her own use. As with
any scrapbook, some of the photographs may well be meaningful only to Ms
Tyler, but some are of recognizable, sometimes public figures. All are
part of Barbara Tyler's story and are of historic importance as the
scrapbook of a past Assistant Matron at St Thomas's Hospital. Especially
this one! A glimpse of history. A treasure... PART 8 is
here.
Email messages - Training Transcripts - Qualified Nurses.
In our experience it has
not been possible for nurses seeking transcripts from schools which no
longer exist to obtain copies. However, we can offer a couple of links
which may help in your search:-
Member Photograph Galleries.
Still accumulating, albeit now more slowly. The 'National'
galleries now contain 3944 nursing/hospital badge photographs encompassing
all areas of the UK; 546 photographs (buildings/people/ephemera); and
115 photographs of nurse uniforms, both civilian and military. Will we
achieve 4500 by the end of 2014?
It is possible, we continue to make
solid progress and will perhaps achieve the largest collection in the UK if
we are not already there....
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We are already at 4205 - 4500 seems a
definite possibility. We are well on the way and just maybe, we
will see another magic number very shortly, thanks to our many contributors.
We can now claim to have a mini photographic museum here at schoolsofnursing. Sincere, heartfelt, thanks...
But the photographs are not our be all/end all. Our online articles (36) are
gaining too, to say nothing of our nursing histories and news pages. There is
a great deal of research involved. Someone's time. Someone's money.
All given selflessly without thought of gain. What we have here are the
seeds of success.
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.
And if you want to join - welcome to the Forum and Member Galleries -
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