Nottinghamshire Nursing History Group
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Nottinghamshire Nursing History Group
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Researching, recording, and celebrating the local history of nursing in Nottinghamshire, England. See nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com
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Recommended reading for #RemembranceDay
#LestWeForget

Reading in #Remembrance, make time for quiet reflection

Look at our online Service Scrap Books of nine nurses and one VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) from the First World War.

You can read their stories, in their own words, as they experienced it.

www.rcn.org.uk/servicescrap...
Service Scrapbooks: Nursing and Storytelling in the First World War | Royal College of Nursing
These are the stories of ten nursing staff who worked in the First World War. Each one of them left behind a scrapbook of their experiences.
www.rcn.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Mapping memorials on #Remembrance Day
On #RemembranceDay, we encourage you to use the Mapping Memorials site to find war memorials dedicated to women like Scottish nurse Margaret Brebner (1885–1942), who became a Matron in Singapore and was killed when her evacuation ship was bombed.

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Margaret Brebner | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland
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November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Congratulations: 100 years of scholarship at the School of Pharmacy
www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy
School of Pharmacy - The University of Nottingham
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November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Looks very interesting, thanks for sharing.
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Important, international conference on 1 June 2026.
Save the date for our 2026 Research Colloquium. June 1st.
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Lovely. Reminds of the phrase 'you can't be, what you don't see'.
Object of the Month – No. 2 ‘Sister’ Figurine, 1991

In acknowledgment of Black History Month, this month’s object is a painted wooden figurine of a brown-skinned nursing Sister. She is painted wearing a dark blue dress and belt with openwork silver buckle.

#HistNursing #BlackHistoryMonth
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Marking Black History Month through the contribution of the Nottingham Branch of the Nurses Association of Jamaica. See
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Celebrating Black History Month: Nurses Association of Jamaica, Nottingham Branch
The Nottingham branch of the UK Nurses Association of Jamaica emerged in the early 1980s and has made a significant contribution to the lives of BAME nurses and the wider community. This blog explo…
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October 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Learning from the past. A great start to the academic year.
Success to all students.
The new academic year has us exploring how nursing courses have changed over time.

Curious? Discover items like this 1923 'Syllabus of Lectures and Demonstrations for Education and Training in Fever Nursing' in our pamphlet collection: https://bit.ly/3QlOsEL

#HistNursing
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Evocative images: nursing from the patient perspective.

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A patient’s eye view Salisbury Healthcare History
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September 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thanks for sharing a very special image from North Nottinghamshire.
Curious about the back story.
great to see that a book from Worksop has survived for about 840 years
Bats. Worksop Bestiary, England c. 1185. NY, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 54v.
#medieval #medievalart
August 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Looks stunning. Success with the exhibition.
Upcoming exhibition at Christchurch Nurse’s memorial chapel and more info on the website www.cnmc.org.nz/resources/mu... #HistNursing #nursing
August 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Donating blood: such a generous act of remembrance.

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Nottingham sisters donate blood to remember mum on her birthday
The five sisters meet up every year to honour their late mum, who regularly donated blood.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Another treasure added to your collection @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social
Today we have accessioned this Royal Red Cross medal (2nd Class). It was awarded to Matron Herbert for her work with wounded soldiers at the Worcester Infirmary during the First World War. This was the first medal for women for devotion and competence in nursing duties.
August 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Learn about life and work of Eliza and Maria Trueman from Nottinghamshire, among the first nurses to train at the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.
Research courtesy of David Stewart.
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August 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thanks very much @ukahn.bsky.social. Look forward to exploring vintage issues of The Bulletin .
Thanks to a wonderful donation of original Bulletin journals I am digitising UKAHNs archive. Autumn 1985 no 5 is available. bulletin.ukahn.org/autumn-1984-... #histnursing
Autumn 1984, No 5 – The UKAHN Bulletin: ISSN 2049-9744
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July 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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#colloquium2025 even. Spelling colloquium in a hashtag is hard 🥸
Enjoyed the first panel at the @ukahn.bsky.social #coloquium2025 fascinating papers.
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thanks @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social for sharing splendid images of UKAHN #Colloquium2025 today.
Panel two at @ukahn.bsky.social #colloquium2025 was very fascinating. Thank you to the presenters.
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
David Stewart presenting his research into the Nottinghamshire Nightingales at the UKAHN Colloquium today.
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Remember- it's the colloquium on Wednesday.
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2025 Colloquium Programme – UK Association for the History of Nursing
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June 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It's tomorrow ...
Discover resilience and resistance at the @rcn.org.uk‬ History of Nursing Lecture: Jewish refugees and their nursing lives in WW2.

From enemy alien to valued worker, Dr Jane Brooks tells the stories of Jewish refugee nurses.

🗓️5 June 2025
🕠5:30–7:30pm
📍London

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June 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
District Nurses make remarkable contributions to their local community. Here's an example from Nottinghamshire Gertrude J Challis.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM