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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: Rachael89 on Sunday 04 February 18 11:54 GMT (UK)
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Hi, I'm just writing as I have a really fascinating collection of photos of my great-grandmother, who was a nurse in the 1900s/1910s. My great-grandmother's name was Gladys Ethel Moss (b. 1887, Chorlton), and in the 1911 census she was a sick nurse at the Isle of Thanet Workhouse. I also have a postcard that she sent in 1915, where she gives her address as The National Hospital in East Finchley.
You can see the photos I have of her in her uniform here:
https://imgur.com/a/ix8oF
What is puzzling me is that I'm not sure the photos I have can be from either of the institutions I know she was stationed at, and if one of them does seem like a good match I'm not sure which is more likely. I guess it would make more sense for it to be the workhouse, since as far as I can tell The National Hospital dealt more with neurological conditions and I don't see why it would have been home to hoards of small children! The conditions in the photos seem pretty bad, complete with children being confined in net-covered cribs.
If anyone can provide more information based on the photos or about the places where my great-grandmother worked, I would be very interested. Thank you!
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Just a thought, it looks to me as if it could have been some sort of Childrens' Home as none of the children look ill do they - in fact they all look quite healthy and well cared for.
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The conditions in the photos seem pretty bad, complete with children being confined in net-covered cribs.
I didn't think the children were looking ill either. Maybe the net was to keep insects out :-\
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The conditions in the photos seem pretty bad, complete with children being confined in net-covered cribs.
I didn't think the children were looking ill either. Maybe the net was to keep insects out :-\
I don't think the children look ill or badly cared for - they're just in conditions that you wouldn't see today, for obvious reasons.
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Link to Thanet workhouse pictures
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Thanet/
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I wonder what this place looks like out the back
http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2003/2003Mar06.pdf
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Link to Thanet workhouse pictures
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Thanet/
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I wonder what this place looks like out the back
http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2003/2003Mar06.pdf
Unfortunately it was demolished by 2008 https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/nationalef.html