Guest glynn Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hi All, Can anyone guide me please? Did what is now the Northern General Hospital ever have a logo of any sorts during it's history. Perhaps it did have some kind of one when it was the workhouse? I have been looking but come across nothing Regards Glynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hi All, Can anyone guide me please? Did what is now the Northern General Hospital ever have a logo of any sorts during it's history. Perhaps it did have some kind of one when it was the workhouse? I have been looking but come across nothing Regards Glynn Hi Glynn, My wife was a Sister there in the early 1970's. As far as I can recall "Logo's" are a relatively recent invention and I think it unlikly that things like hospitals had a logo in those days. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hospitals tended to have their own nursing badge - I don't know if that helps. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hospitals tended to have their own nursing badge - I don't know if that helps. Lyn Lyn is correct. Sheffield had 2 Schools of Nursing . One was Clarkhouse which covered The Royal hosp & Royal Infirmary ( my wife went there) and the Northern General had its own School of Nursing. Maybe someone can describe their badge. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Lyn is correct. Sheffield had 2 Schools of Nursing . One was Clarkhouse which covered The Royal hosp & Royal Infirmary ( my wife went there) and the Northern General had its own School of Nursing. Maybe someone can describe their badge. John Is this any help http://www.schoolsofnursing.co.uk/NSheffieldUHGSONS74.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 The two badges shown together on the website look to be the early and the later City General Hospital badge. For the Northern General Hospital Badge it had the intials NGH on (more like a logo) and was more of an oval design I believe in blue and silver. I have a photo somewhere but will have to dig it out. Besides having their state registration badge for either SRN or SEN they also had the hospital badge where they trained. They wore all their badges with pride. Nowadays they would not be allowed to wear them due to Heath and Saftey Rules. Nursing badges can often be seen for sale on Ebay. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student nurse Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 The two badges shown together on the website look to be the early and the later City General Hospital badge. For the Northern General Hospital Badge it had the intials NGH on (more like a logo) and was more of an oval design I believe in blue and silver. I have a photo somewhere but will have to dig it out. Besides having their state registration badge for either SRN or SEN they also had the hospital badge where they trained. They wore all their badges with pride. Nowadays they would not be allowed to wear them due to Heath and Saftey Rules. Nursing badges can often be seen for sale on Ebay. Lyn Hi Lyn just thought i would contribute, you will still see many qualified nurses wearing their badge that was awarded to them on qualification. it depicts where they trained, i.e university of Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Hi Lyn just thought i would contribute, you will still see many qualified nurses wearing their badge that was awarded to them on qualification. it depicts where they trained, i.e university of Sheffield. Now you've qualified, are you going to change your name or simply become Ex Student Nurse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student nurse Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Now you've qualified, are you going to change your name or simply become Ex Student Nurse? not really thought about it. i suppose i will get round to it sooner or later. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Another question relating to the Northern General, or maybe the City General as it was in the 60's. My mother-in-law (R.I.P) who was a night nurse in the psych. wards back in the 60's and 70's used to say the wards were named after famous poets eg Wordsworth, Chaucer, Longfellow etc. I have searched the SH site and the internet but have not been able to find any confirmation of this. She worked for many years on Keeble Ward which raises another puzzling question. There doesn't seem to be a poet going by the name of Keeble. Yet I heard her refer to that name many times. Can anyone shed any light on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plain talker Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thylacine, I worked in Mental Handicap nursing, (as Learning Disabilities Nursing was called back then) from the late 70's, and I do remember that there was a unit at NGH for patients with mental handicaps, called Rivermead. I can't remember the names of the individual wards at the Rivermead, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Still there. A myriad of other buildings, including the Longley Centre for psychiatry, the Oakwood Young Peoples Centre, Rivermead Unit, Samuel Fox House and the Medical Education Centre (for undergraduate and postgraduate medical training), the Clock Tower, containing dining facilities, a gym, MacMillan Cancer Unit and five other outpatients' departments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Another question relating to the Northern General, or maybe the City General as it was in the 60's. My mother-in-law (R.I.P) who was a night nurse in the psych. wards back in the 60's and 70's used to say the wards were named after famous poets eg Wordsworth, Chaucer, Longfellow etc. I have searched the SH site and the internet but have not been able to find any confirmation of this. She worked for many years on Keeble Ward which raises another puzzling question. There doesn't seem to be a poet going by the name of Keeble. Yet I heard her refer to that name many times. Can anyone shed any light on this? John Keeble http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keble http://www.poemhunter.com/john-keble/ Different spelling but the only one I can find. Yes they were named after poets Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 http://www.sheffieldmentalhealth.org.uk/providers/display?providerId=91 In this link Rivermead is described as a '7 bed unit' which made me smile. My mother-in-law spoke of a ward of over 100 patients being cared for by 3 or 4 nurses on night duty. Also the wards were referred to as 'mentally sub-normal' I have sent an email to the Northern General History Project requesting information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Wasn't Keeble named after the local dignatory associated with the the Solicitors Keeble, Hawson and Wing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 John Keeble http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keble http://www.poemhunter.com/john-keble/ Different spelling but the only one I can find. Yes they were named after poets Lyn Thank you. I should have known about Keble College, Oxford, although it's a long time since I saw University Challenge. Can you tell me anymore about that part of the hospital please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 As far as I know - ?1950s called after poets & writers, c 1974 changed to numbers once more and later c1980s became wings e.g. Huntsman wing - all named after steel magnates. c1974 - Geriatric Wing Wards Dryden - became 28 Scott – 29 Keeble – 30 Tennyson – 31 Chaucer – 32 Goldsmith – 33 Keats – 34 Wordsworth – 35 Shelley – 36 Bronte – 37 Longfellow – 38 Spenser – 39 Burns – 40 Browning - 41 Shakespeare - 42 Kingsley - 43 Coleridge – 44 Marlowe 45 Still trying to sort it all out myself. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 As far as I know - ?1950s called after poets & writers, c 1974 changed to numbers once more and later c1980s became wings e.g. Huntsman wing - all named after steel magnates. c1974 - Geriatric Wing Wards Dryden - became 28 Scott – 29 Keeble – 30 Tennyson – 31 Chaucer – 32 Goldsmith – 33 Keats – 34 Wordsworth – 35 Shelley – 36 Bronte – 37 Longfellow – 38 Spenser – 39 Burns – 40 Browning - 41 Shakespeare - 42 Kingsley - 43 Coleridge – 44 Marlowe 45 Still trying to sort it all out myself. Lyn Brilliant. Tell me more. Did you have any personal connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Worked there for 20 yrs 1974 - 94 - very interested in its history. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 The Foundation stone for the new Sheffield Union Workhouse laid 16th September 1878. Opened 22nd September 1881. On the 21st October 1906 the Local Government Board issued an order separating the hospital from other buildings naming it the Sheffield Union Hospital. Gradually it became known as Fir Vale Hospital, the remainder becoming Fir Vale Institution often referred to as Fir Vale House. The Local Government Act of 1929 abolished the Board of Guardians and handed the Institution and Hospital over to the Sheffield Corporation and on 1st April 1930 the hospital was renamed City General Hospital and the Fir Vale Institution became Fir Vale Infirmary. In 1967 the Northern General Hospital was formed by the amalgamation of the City General Hospital and Fir Vale Infirmary. For more information see: The Institution and Hospital at Fir Vale, a centenary history of the Northern General Hospital by Peter Speck with Mick Fines, Chris Hinton and Pauline Whitear, Local Studies Ref: 362.11. Also Life in the Workhouse and Old Hospital at Fir Vale, the story of the Northern General Hospital, by Lyn Howsam, Local Studies Ref:362.11 SQ. Clock Tower Buildingh00652 Former Aged Peoples Cottages known as Fir Vale Cottages or Sistholme Northern General Hospital originally part of Sheffield Union Workhouse. June 1989. s23615 Wards 22 and 23, c.1930s. h00639 Nurses Home. h00668 St. Luke's Chapel (formerly a school 1880 -1890) Building (centre left) was known as Chapelholme in 1960s.h00651 St. Luke's Chapel, Northern General Hospital. June 1989.s27435 Children's Wards 15, 16 and 17. c.1950sh00666 Operating Theatres Building, opened 1969. h00674 Keeble Ward with Small Dining Room between and Tennyson Ward c.1970sh00642 Gatehouse Tower (Porters House) situated just inside the Fir Vale gatesh00644 Gatehouse, 1978.h00649 Northern General Hospital, Fir Vale: Vagrants accommodation (Receiving Ward), later the Day Hospital at bottom of Firvale Drive. 1978.h00645 Vagrants Cells1978, formerly the Sheffield Union Workhouse.h00558 Interior of Vagrant Cell No. 21,h00560 Interior of Vagrant Cell No. 21. h00559 Staff Accommodation, City General Hospital later to become the Northern General Hospital. u09899 Information from L Howsam. Due to be demolished (2015) and known as 12 Herries Road this was built for Dr Clancy to live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 City General Hospital (latterly the Northern General Hospital), Fir Vale: New entrance gates off Herries Road. 1930. h00653 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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