New Nursing badges public gallery opening at schoolsofnursing.co.uk - Current update.
"When our website was first envisaged (we actually opened November 2007) one of our esteemed members, ('eric') suggested that our photograph galleries, then private, could be made public"...
Well, we now have fifty (50) pages of 24 badges per page - (1200 photographs) - some with reverse sides to complete the picture - almost ready to release on a hopefully expectant world! Hopefully the first page will be attached to this release. But please be aware there are some details not yet completed - some may never be completed because of loss of manufacturer information - or schools of nursing records when amalgamation with the Universities took pace in the late '80s. But what we have is invaluable. The first such work since Jennifer McLauglin - perhaps extended as she might have done.
This is the start - the catalogue - of our new galleries. Open to anyone who has an interest - and hopefully the start of an increasing number of interested people. More pages will follow quickly - first catalogue completion is envisaged by the end of June this year. All members who have given permission will also have their own catalogue, a rather large job.
By the end of the project we will have a new book on nursing badges. We are already working hard on the content and format. There are omissions. There will be errors. By the end, with your help, we will have a new definitive and up-to date 'Nursing Badges II' (perhaps the title?). For now, have a first look. Please remember copyright. LINK HERE
And another three new articles from Sarah Rogers, Will Burgess and Antony (Tony) Smith. The first another outstanding Nurse Badge set and Personal History - Amy Rosalie Scott, 1896-1967. The second a light-hearted look into a personal member post box; and the third an autobiography (our first) of recent history.
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The links
are all above - enjoy!
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" is now complete. We owe our thanks to - Gina O - who kindly gave us
permission to use her original photographs. It is a quite unique
collection and we were certainly very privileged to be able to reproduce
it...PART 8 (including all links to previous pages) 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 4115 nursing/hospital badge photographs
encompassing all areas of the UK; 551 photographs
(buildings/people/ephemera); and 122 photographs (nurse uniforms), both
civilian and military. Will we achieve 5000 by the end of 2015? 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 4788 - 5000 now 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.
And it is not just a matter of quantity but rather a combination of
quantity and quality. The quality of additions made to the site - both
in the way of photographs and contributions to our forum has created an
irreplaceable contribution to nursing history. 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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