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The first ever nurses strikes in London: Maudsley Hospital 1988

Dec

17

2022

Striking nurses are in the news, a rare occasion but not unique. The first ever wave of nurses strikes in Britain took place in 1988, starting with a one day walkout at North Manchester Hospital in January and spreading to hospitals in London and elsewhere. Nurses at the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill were the ...

The first ever nurses strikes in London: Maudsley Hospital 1988

Dec

17

2022

Striking nurses are in the news, a rare occasion but not unique. The first ever wave of nurses strikes in Britain took place in 1988, starting with a one day walkout at North Manchester Hospital in January and spreading to hospitals in London and elsewhere. Nurses at the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill were the ...

The Covid Memorial Wall

Apr

19

2021

The National Covid Memorial Wall has been painted over the last month by volunteers along the South Bank of the Thames between Lambeth Bridge and Westminster Bridge, opposite the Houses of Parliament, and including the riverside wall in front of St Thomas' Hospital. There are around 150,000 hearts, each representing one of the UK Covid ...

The transpontine people in Exile (1846)

Feb

10

2015

Here's some more 19th century uses of the word 'transpontine' in a South London context. Interestingly two of them feature Westminster Bridge. If the word literally means something like 'over the bridge', we should remember that Westminster Bridge was the only the third bridge to be built over the Thames in London, after London Bridge ...

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The first ever nurses strikes in London: Maudsley Hospital 1988

The first ever nurses strikes in London: Maudsley Hospital 1988

The Covid Memorial Wall

The transpontine people in Exile (1846)