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Birmingham Accident Hospital

Mr London was pioneer in the vision that the care of accident victim started at the scene of accident.He took time to give lectures to Ambulance staff. in the days that the training was very basic. His support was for the future vision of Ambulance service was vital in the early days. The comments about Matron are correct,But the ward sisters and staff nurses were also so dedicated to there work,
 
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I remember a visit from Roy Hattersley in 1989, and his kind words. He wished every success to those of us fighting to keep the Service in the NHS, free at the point of use, in the Spirit of The Attlee Govt. The Senior Surgeons in B'ham like Keith Porter, knew of the neccesity of having a quick response Ambulance Service, whose Staff had that keen sense of intuition that would give the best to the Public, and not a slavish adherance to Management Protocols. In this vein, many Surgeons & Doctors have given their free time to help Ambulance Training.
 
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Birmingham Accident Hospital, originally Queens Hospital was founded in 1840 by William Sands Cox. It opened on Bath Row in 1841 with Queen Victoria and the Dowager Queen Adelaide agreeing to be patrons.
During WW1 a soldiers ward was was established and many troops were treated there. In 1934 The Queens was amalgamated with the General Hospital and in 1941 it was re-named The Accident Hospital , known to brummies as The Acci.

Edit. Please see this thread for Queens Hospital discussion.https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/queens-hospital.7149/#post-594271
 
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bgr.jpegThe Rockin' Berries presenting a cheque for the Accident Hospital in 1981.
 
cearnegiant said:
Hi Sue, I was at Chelmsley Wood Ambulance Station at that time, I remember many names from Bristol road, It all went under reorganisation in late 70s, But names you mention do not unfortunatly recall, Tommy Nolan was one of my leaders when at Bristol road, There is great book called Blue lights and Long Nights ,Written by Birmingham Ambulance driver from 1970s, HE was friend of mine, Barry
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Hi Barry,
Book you mention was written by Les Pringle. I worked with him at Henrietta street station for years, different shifts but I knew him well. Tommy Moran ... I laugh now, but he made my life hell in '74 when I joined. Him and another LAM Archie Aston, two of the most miserable individuals ever put on this earth haha. Yes I remember Tommy Nolan also, pretty much founded the driving school for the service. Guy on my shift called Tony Mollineux (I think that's how it was spelt) became a driving instructor under Tommy, learned a lot about the "Driving System" from that fella...... I became his project for his teaching skills haha. Stan.
 
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My Nanny, Margaret Waight worked (as an auxiliary I believe) at the Accident Hospital and I have a few photo's of her (bottom right here) with some little children in bandages, I am not sure of the dates at the moment, trying to narrow it down.
 

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cearnegiant said:
There was a sister at Selly Oak Acicident unit in the mid 70s,She run the department in such a strict way,but what a wonderful person she was.She would even put the Doctors in there place.They nurses were really scared of her,especially the young student nurses.She never married and was dedicated to her job,just wish i could remember her name,She would have no nonesense on Friday nights from the drunks. Happy Days
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I have come across a couple of photo's of my Nanny Margaret Waight who worked there, unfortunately I do not know the other people but thought I'd share in case anybody comes across this thread who might!
 

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Arrived at the "Acci" burns unit in spectacular fashion March '78 transferred from Solihull hospital in a convoy of ambulance, police car, and five police motor cycles after RTA in Knowle.
 
KrissiVaz said:
I have come across a couple of photo's of my Nanny Margaret Waight who worked there, unfortunately I do not know the other people but thought I'd share in case anybody comes across this thread who might!
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wonderful photos thanks for sharing them with us all

lyn
 
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