City General Hospital Nursing badges

[gene]

The City General Hospital 1930 - 1967 issued a bronze hospital badge with the Nightingale lamp engraved on it and the initials C. G. H across the top.

 

There was also a silver and blue badge, again with the Nightingale lamp on but with the full name of City General Hospital across the top.

 

Does anyone know why there was two badges - was it due to the bronze one being an early one or could it have been to do with some aspect of training? E.g SEN or SRN.

Thanks:confused:

[Daven]

I believe the bronze and green one was for the SEN training and the silver and blue for SRN.

[gene]

Many thanks - I thought that might have been the reason.

 

There was also the SEAN too wasn't there? The bronze badge I have doesn't seem to have green on it but maybe that is because the green ?enamel has worn away.

Edited April 23, 2016 by gene

[hillsbro]

...There was also the SEAN too wasn't there?...

The SEAN's became SEN's when the word "Assistant" was dropped from the job title in c. 1960.

...The bronze badge I have doesn't seem to have green on it nut maybe that is because the green ?enamel has worn away.

Like this one perhaps.

[gene]

yes that's the one, thanks.

[hillsbro]

I never actually got my badge as I decided nursing wasn't for me, but I have fond memories of my year at the Northern General. I'm easy to spot in the 1969 photo!

[gene]

Like the photo - where was it taken? Was it in the grounds of the NGH?

[hillsbro]

The NGH has changed so much that I hesitate to give a location that would be understood nowadays, but Ward 17 (as of 1969) is in the background of the photo. This was the ward for babies (up to 1 year old) and 10-16 year-olds. Behind the photographer was Ward 16 (ages 1 to 10). Evidently somewhere near the blue dot in this photo.

[gene]

Thanks. Yes I recall those.

[nice-nurse]

Fondly remember working on wards 16 & 17 at the NGH. Sister Russ on 17 & Sister Green on 16 - around 1975