Thursday, July 27, 2006

Cliff Comer General Secretary 1948-1953

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Cliff Comer COHSE General Secretary 1948-1953 Clifford F Comer was born at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset and began his career as ...

Dick Akers General Secretary 1967-1969

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Arthur Richard Akers COHSE General secretary 1967 - 1969 Arthur Richard Akers or “Dick “ as he was commonly known was born in 1904 i...

Vincent Evans General Secretary 1918-1946

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George Vincent Evans General Secretary 1918-1946 ‘G.V.E’ as he was generally known, was born 1889 in Enfield , Middlesex, the second ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

David Priestley President 1923-1926

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David Priestley President David Priestley joined the union in 1918 as a founder member and was the Poor Law Officers Union President from De...

Dr William Wiggins President 1921-1923

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Dr William Wiggins Dr William D Wiggins MRCS LRCP Joined the Poor Law Workers Trade Union on 25th February 1919 , and was therefor...

Herbert Shaw Asst General Secretary NAWU

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Herbert Shaw NAWU & MH&IWU Assistant General Secretary We record the death of Herbert Shaw, on 14th April 1946, at the age of 69 y...
Monday, July 24, 2006

Mark Dubury H&WSU President 1944-1946

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Mark Dubury President Hospitals & Welfare Services Union It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Mark Dubury, ...

NUCO Presidents

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Poor Law Workers Trade Union 1918-1922 Poor Law Officers Union 1922-1930 National Union of County Officers 1930-1943 Hospital & Welfare ...
Sunday, July 23, 2006

Dr Hyacinth Morgan MP

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Dr Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan was born to "poor irish" parents in the West Indies and came to Scotland in 1904 to study m...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Matron & The Irish Republican Flag 1923

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An Irish republican flag belonging to tho Sheila O'Connell a Matron of a home for children was discussed by Bradford Board of Guardians...

Sarah Claridge – A Pioneering Nurse PUTN

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Please credit this blog Sarah Claridge – A Pioneering Nurse Professional Union of Trained Nurses By Doris Westmacott COHSE Journal 1...

NUPE Nurses 1937

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Nurses Must Organise. by Arthur Moyle NUPE Journal October 1937 Nurses, however, must realise that improvements in their conditions of...

College of Nursing Ltd (RCN) " A Menace" 1920

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CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL OF COLLEGE OF NURSING, LTD. INTERFERENCE WITH LIBERTY OP ACTION OF NURSE MEMBERS. In reply to a communication sen...

Maude MacCallum - Professional Union of Trained Nurses 1919

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Maude MacCallum Hon Secretary Professional Union of Trained Nurses Maude MacCallum also known as Miss E Maude MacCallum was the daug...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Frank Lynch Gen Sec Review of 1971

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Frank Lynch General Secretary Review of COHSE 1971 1971 was an eventful year for COHSE. It was an exciting year, a year of great activity ...
Monday, July 17, 2006

Claude Bartlett – COHSE President

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Claude Bartlett – COHSE President An appreciation, by Frank Lynch It is always distressing to write about the death of an ol...

Frederick Le Gros Clark - Malnutrition

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Obituary: Bill Clark We record with regret the death of Frederick Le Gros Clark on 22 September 1977 at the age of 85.(born 1892) Known ...

Formation of SMAC by Dr Charles Brook

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Extract from Making Medical History circa 1946 By Dr Charles Brook (COHSE , GP, LCC member) The other activity with which th...

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Extract from Making Medical History circa 1946 By Dr Charles Brook (COHSE , GP, LCC member) The other activity with which th...
Sunday, July 16, 2006

Spanish Medical Aid Committee estb 1st August 1936

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Formation of the British SMAC Spanish Medical Aid Committee was established on 1st August 1936 The enthusiasm and selflessness of everyone h...