After 30 years service working for the #NHS in Mental Health I have today taken early retirement to begin a new chapter living in Spain🇪🇸

I would like to thank my colleagues Old/New( #WhitchurchHospital & #HafanyCoed )for my gifts.
Much appreciated!!
Gracias👍

Come over to the Arts and Social Studies library over lunch to say hello
#HAP24 #HAPLegacies

#Showcase
#WhitchurchHospital

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

#CarolSingers

A lovely photo showing a group of mental health nurses & children
Thanks to Carol for the 📷

#HistNursing
#WhitchurchHospital #hospitalChristmas #mentalhealthhistory

Day 22 #Archive30 ARA Scotland
#ArchiveSustainability

Beautiful banners made in 2018 for Remembrance Day Amgueddfa Caerdydd have been used again and again

Most recently #HAP24 Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives

#HAPLegacies
#Showcase
#WhitchurchHospital
#FirstWorldWar

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland today is #Snow ❄️🌨️
We don’t get an awful lot of it in Cardiff, but back in 2010 we did have a light dusting

#whitchurchhospital

Day 2 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar is #Toys

The book written by Hilary Thomas for the 75th Anniversary of the hospital mentions toys made and sold at annual sales. Does anyone know anymore? Did you make items for the sales or go along and buy?

#whitchurchhospital
#annualsales

Last Day #Archive30 ARA Scotland

We had a great month sharing #OurArchive with you all. Thank you for the support and interest in the history of Whitchurch Hospital

#mentalhealthhistory
#whitchurchhospital
#HistNursing
#exploreyourarchive
#militaryhospital

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

#oneweektogo

#Family

Many family members worked Whitchurch Hospital / Ysbyty’r Eglwys Newydd Some photos from a Pugh family album. Kindly donated by Angela

#HistNursing
#WhitchurchHospital
#verandanursing

Day 16 #Archive30 ARA Scotland

#ArchiveFashion

Changing fashion over the years Whitchurch Hospital / Ysbyty’r Eglwys Newydd

1. 1908 Opening of hospital
2. c1910 (Matron Raynes with her sewing maids) ➡️c1930s➡️c1950s➡️c1970s (4thMedia Wales)
3. First World War
4. c1970s

#HistNursing
#whitchurchhospital

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

#Presents

Two photos from Christmas 1949, thank you Angela for donating the album.

Interesting present for Matron 🤔

#Christmas
#Petmice
#whatascream
#CardiffCityMentalHospital
#Whitchurchhospital

#ChristmasJumper today for #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

We have more of a Christmas dress photo from 1969, ward W4 (Female 4)

Thanks to Carol for the photo

#Christmasdress
#hospitalChristmas
#Whitchurchhospital
#christmastree
#vintageChristmas

At last it’s Day 1 of #Archive30 ARA Scotland today 🎉

#YourArchive

We have an amazing collection that we are privileged to look after and share from Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff
We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s tweets

#whitchurchhospital
#MentalHealthHistory

Day 5 #Archive30 ARA Scotland

#TypicalDay

Great topic! Never a typical day!!

Preparation - exhibitions ➡️ meetings ➡️ talks ➡️ social media ➡️ emails

Research - history of ➡️professions ➡️family ➡️ staff ➡️ farming ➡️ items

& more

#Whitchurchhospital
#MentalHealthHistory

Day 23 #Archive30 ARA Scotland
#SomethingScary

The state of the whole hospital site, it’s scary how quickly its deteriorated.
Photos taken March 2023

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#hospitalhistory
#deterioration
#saddecay
#topten2021
#Whitchurchhospital
#whatdoesthefuturehold

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

Who else but #Santa on #ChristmasEve

Here is our “vintage” #Santa from December 1949

Thanks to Angela for donating the wonderful album of photos

#whitchurchhospital
#hospitalchristmas

Day 9 #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland is #Sledging

Plenty of #snow in these photos taken by Jones in the 1980s to sledge 🛷

Anyone remember #sledging at the hospital or locally?

#snow fall
#whitchurchhospital
#hospitalinthesnow

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

#FestiveLights

These lights on the famous hospital water tower from December 2021 are just amazing don’t you think?

📷 Thanks to Lee for both photos

#whitchurchhospital
#hospitalwatertower

So looking forward to #HAP24 tomorrow. Come over to the Arts & Social Studies Library & say 👋🏻
Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives Cardiff University Libraries #CrowdCymru The National Archives Institute of Historical Research Royal Historical Society Archives Wales Alan Vaughan Hughes

#Showcase
#HistoryandArchivesinPractice
#WhitchurchHospital

#ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland today is

#Chimney

One thing #WhitchurchHospital has many of is Chimneys!!! The question is has anyone ever counted them????

📷 1 & 2 are postcards c1908
📷 3 from the heritage collection Llyfrgelloedd Caerdydd - Cardiff Libraries
📷 4 from the early late 1970/1980s

Romance 🥰 Whitchurch Hospital / Ysbyty’r Eglwys Newydd

So many romances starting with Matron Raynes our 1st Matron

#hospitalromance
#valentineday
#Valentine2024
#warromance
#welshmetropolitanwarhospital
#whitchurchhospital