We wish everyone a happy new year. Perhaps, with the current rollout of the vaccination programs the end is in sight and April may well bring, not just light at the end of the tunnel but some bright sunshine for us all....
For now, much of the News everywhere is still dominated by the Coronavirus outbreak and actions taken by governments to try to overcome it. The current (January 2021) lockdown is now extended until the middle of February. We can only hope that our governments are selecting the correct course of action and follow the rules of the current lockdown/s. There is still no certainty about an end being in sight the current (new) variant apparently being far more infectious than previously. Our history will, no doubt, reflect the outcomes.
*Publishing errors. We do have one or two. Please - if you do see errors, just say so, I
will be offended and remove them asap!!
The article links in this column - 'Badge Manufacturers' marks and 'Nurse belts & buckles & Badges'
- are continued below - plus a brand new illustrated article about the
East London Children's Hospitals - link below.
1.
Nurse Badges, pins and memorabilia from East London
Children’s Hospitals. Link.
2. Nurse Belts and Buckles. *(Three
new
additions -
RAF; Royal Cornwall Hospital; and
a Prudential Assurance Company Belt/Buckle)
Link.
3.
Schools of Nursing NEWS PAGE 51 - 'A News Page Outline'
- is a brazen attempt to show the origins of schoolsofnursing.co.uk.
Link.
4. Badge manufacturers and their Maker Marks. (No Change)
Link.
5. Miss Ann Braddick - Military Nose/Hospital Matron - QA/Bristol Southmead
Hospital/Matron
St John's Hospital,
Towbridge, Wilts. Link
The Nursing badges public gallery -
nursesue's Gallery start.
We now have 5 galleries which are open to
the public without login. 'nursesue's' gallery is the latest. They take a
LOT of time:-
1. Eric's Gallery - The original and much neglected gallery still awaiting
update.
CLICK
LINK...
2. Peter's 'backman' gallery - 50 pages of 24 badges per page and
1250 pages - (2400 photographs).
CLICK
LINK...
3. Mike's 'myk1066' gallery - 17)pages of 24 badges
per page and 34 pages - (816 photographs) *with more in progress.
CLICK
LINK...
4. Barry Sutton's
gallery is now started and updates will follow as soon as possible - many
more badges - en-route....
CLICK
LINK...
5. **nursesue's gallery is started and
the first page is online now.
CLICK
LINK...
(*Temporarily - You may need to use your browser 'back' button to get back
here).
Our original aim is unchanged. 'Individual hospital/school
locations have been (and are still being) added; badge shapes; materials
used; badge weights; type of fixings; central design (picture) ;
inscriptions on the rear (nurse names/dates/maker marks/hallmarks where
applicable); designer/s; manufacturers; number made; and dates first awarded
are all salient points in our quest being addressed'. Reverse sides being
added to each badge wherever we have the photographs.
In short, everyone who has agreed to our publishing a public gallery will have one - using their own photographs wherever possible. We must surely have a copy of almost every UK nursing/hospital badge ever produced.
Click a badge photograph to see the single page! The links can take you back and forward - a page at a time (24 badges per page) - for all 1310 pages if you like. Or go to the 'Gallery Start" page at the bottom of any individual badge to get back to the numbered 24 badge page. Sound complicated but you will quickly get the hang of it - promise!
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,
*But please note: We simply cannot respond to transcript requests.
Still accumulating, albeit very more slowly. The 'National' galleries now contain 5910 nursing/hospital badge photographs encompassing all areas of the UK; 594 photographs (buildings/people/ephemera); and 181 photographs (nurse uniforms), both civilian and military. We have achieved 6681 already! By the end of 2021? 7000 is a target. 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. New additions continue, albeit slowly...
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We are now at 6681 - 7000 now seems a possibility. We are on the way and just maybe, we will see another magic number this year, 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 (42) 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 us. 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 -
Register
Here.
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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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