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December 2021
(Vol 15  Issue 5) 

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Welcome to our sixtieth news page here at Schools of Nursing.  This is our fifth issue this year for 2021.
 

WE APOLOGIZE SINCERELY FOR THE LATE PUBLICATION - CAUSED BY AN INJURY PRIOR TO OUR FLYING HOME TO THE UK. WE REMAIN ON CRETE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. UNDERSTANDING IS APPRECIATED. WB SoN.

*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 an 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. *(Two new additions - A rare 'Naval Nursing Service nurses buckle; and one possibly related to the London Jewish Hospital  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.

http://www.nmc-uk.org/Registration/Leaving-the-register/Planning-to-work-overseas-Obtaining-a-copy-of-your-transcript-of-training/ 
http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/rcn_archives/research_advice_-_tracing_nurses/nursing_records
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ 
Member Photograph Galleries.
Still accumulating, albeit very more slowly. The 'National' galleries now contain 603,000 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 603,000 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...
 
 




National Galleries
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Member Uploads

Photographic rights Asserted

1. William Turner (Lt)
2. BarrySutton (Rt)
 

Fairfield Hospital
Stotfold UK

Assorted Badges

Ministry of Supply Nursing Service UK

We are now at 6681 - 7000 now seems a pos

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.

Failed Registration. Please be aware, our site is rated on Google by Norton Internet Security as being absolutely safe. *We intend to keep it that way. You can help by using a reasonable ID and your own genuine email address. Anything that appears dubious may result in failed registration. Our site is free to users. It is hosted by the largest ISP in Europe at commercial rates - with highly professional back-up. Safe and secure!

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.

E-Mail Contact - 'contact' link (here and throughout the site) arrives directly on the webmaster's desk. Use it to communicate directly with the site. All mail is considered confidential unless the contents are stated to be otherwise. Stated to be for public consumption by you. Publication itself is an editorial decision. **Please note that we cannot supply transcripts of training.

Collecting...

 

Next column end of January.

 

 

Have a New Year Wish for 2022 ....

 

 

 

 

It has been a good year for schools of Nursing overall, but there have been sad personal losses which have marred the production of the December 2021 issue. However, we will be back in we will be back at the end of the month with our first issue for 2022.

I sincerely hope that you will remain with us at
Schoolsofnursing.co.uk

We will continue to strive to remain the nursing history website the brings the very best.

Outstanding Nursing badge Photographs

Outstanding Photograph galleries covering all geographical areas
and specialties

Outstanding Articles about the origins of our profession

Outstanding Individual Nurse Histories including photographs

 Outstanding website design allowing total navigation and viewing of
Chatroom Boards
 (Simple Registration is required to contribute and view photogalleries)

In all an outstanding nursing history website which has been operating for 14 years without break assisted by a small coterie of experts who provide unstinting support to our over 800 members. Our Photo galleries alone contain 6,324 files in 45 albumns and have attracted 793 comments - and have been viewed 208, 423 times. .

Our forum has 6,184 posts covering 1065 topics

All at no cost to the users - which would seem an outstanding performance in itself representing many hours of work by everyone involved, not least our users.

We intend to push forward in 2022, but of course have no means of knowing what lies in the future. That lies in the hands of members of our profession who value the presence of what is, in effect, a Nursing History website. By users - for users.

SchoolsofNursing.co.uk

 


Imagine, in a recurring dream - that you had to prepare an academic paper to be published on the origins of the history of the  British Nursing. Start to finish! You have 1000 words and three hours. Start Now!!....  Before you wake up in the exam room....

Another photograph from the past

Letters From Matron to Nursing Staff

 1922-1931

MISS BEATRICE MONK

*We will attempt to automate this book to allow reading by next time.

**The first Matron of the LH was possibly Arabella Donne.
The Second was Eva Luckes - 
1880 to 1919
The third was Beatice Monk 1922 - 1933
The Fourth was 
Miss Littleboy - 1931 - 1941
Clare Alexander, later Lady Mann, became Matron of The London Hospital in 1941

The London Hospital Link

Well, that is yet another very pleasant note upon which to end the 57th Schools of Nursing Site News..... But just before I go have a look at this superb badge from the now closed Harold Wood Hospital:-

Another 'Gifted' photograph - already added to our SON gallery
 
Would you like to see your PTS or training group featured here? We desperately need more photographs to feature. Can you help?  If so please Contact us.


We express our grateful appreciation to those people who have contributed the original photographs
used to produce the News Pages.

1. News heading photo (all dates) - John Reeves
2. Bristol Southmead Gold (April) - John Reeves
3. St Bartholomew's Gold (April) - Ruth Watkin-Jones
4. Haygarth Silver (April) - 'ukhistory' (ebay)
5. Newcastle LS (April) - Peter Backman (Nursing badges)
6. RRC Medal (April)  photo's- 'Caulgisbo' (ebay)
8. 'catandfrog' (July) - (ebay).
9. bokojnr (Dec) - (ebay).
10. blue.bottle (Dec) - (ebay).
11. 'backman' - (ebay).*
12. Hotminicooper (Jun) - (ebay).
13. Right-one50 (Oct - (ebay).
14. jcollinsmedals (Dec - (ebay).
15. Brittania Medals (Dec 2009).
16. elaine3080 (Feb 2010) - (ebay).
17. Fran Biley (Feb 2010) - schoolsofnursing.
18. St Andrews Children's Hospice - Grimsby.
19.themedalcentre - (ebay).
 20. Christmas 1923 - Eric Wilkinson, schoolsofnursing.
21. past-modern - (ebay).
22. susie1156 - (ebay).
23. redsunshine525 - (ebay).
24. nbarton8 - (ebay).
25. magpieantics - (ebay)
26. rayofhope0 - (ebay).
27. Anotherluckyb - (ebay).
28. Helen M Coan.
29. yazandlaz - (ebay).
30. delroyb - (ebay).
31. Burmeseblue - (ebay).
32. amersham417 - (ebay).
33.Bethesda - (ebay).
34. nikkibarnard - (ebay).
35. madeinireland - ebay.
36. jamesmcg - (ebay).
37. pugwash - schoolsofnursing.
38. Sarah Rogers - schoolsofnursing.
 
40. Bill, schoolsofnursing.
41. 
alastaircox - (ebay).
42. Margaret Maxwell - (ebay).
43. soisjack - (ebay).
44. blubberlover - (ebay).
45. the collectique - (ebay).
46. 
mandacollectables@hotmail.co.uk
47. Dart Silver Lid - ebay
48. 'gawincole' - ebay
49. Dr Patricia Mumford
50. 
dedsure@yahoo.com
51. 
steve@lloy.ball
52.
STRINGFELLOW@ebay
53
.bobstish1709@ebay
54. 
phillipsbay@ebay.
54. 
backintday@ebay).
55. 
sallybosley.com
56. armyoutfitters@ebay.com
57. The Welcome Institutue
58. Val Smyth.
59. Rebbeca D.
60. Sue Sullivan (SoN)
61. 'backman'@schoolsofnursing.
62. Krismercer@SoN
63. Siobahn Parry
64. 
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