Photographs of Addenbrooke's Hospital, 1970 - 1998
Scope and Contents
B/w and colour photographs of various people, buildings and events, including the following: opening of the Body Scanner Unit by the Prince of Wales on 8 Jul 1981; opening of Arthur Rank House in the grounds of Brookfields Hospital by HRH the Duchess of Kent on October 15th 1981; Addenbrooke's Old Site November 1984 after it had been closed and the last patients had been moved to the Hills Road site (photographs taken by W G Cannon); the first hole in the wall cash dispenser, early 1980s; Addenbrooke's Open Day 16 September 1989; the publication launch of "The History of Addenbrooke's Hospital", 1992; work underway on the Judge Institute of Management Studies (Old Addenbrooke's) 1993 and the completed building in 1996; a "snapshot in time" of the hospital taken by a member of the Estates Department in summer 1994 (38 colour photos); official opening of the new food court on 8 June 1995 (19 colour photos); official opening of refurbished and extended Clinic I (Orthopaedic) 1996 (13 colour photographs); aerial photographs of the site 1970 to 1996; Dr Joan Cooper (Hon. Anaesthetist, later Consultant Anaesthetist, 1932-58) on her 105th birthday in 1997, with her friend of more than 60 years, Jean Smith; bronze sculpture entitled "The Event" by William A Redgrave, 1998 (on loan from the sculptor's widow from 1991-98); photograph of a doll dressed by Mrs J Payne of King's Lynn in Addenbrooke's nurse's uniform (circa 1890 style); NHS 50th anniversary memorabilia 1998; Margaret Mason (head of the School of Nursing and later Chairman of the Addenbrooke's Hospital League of Nurses and of the NHS Retirement Fellowship, b. 1925, d. 1998) - colour photograph circa 1990.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 1998
Biographical / Historical
All photographs removed from the album
Extent
1 volume(s) : photograph
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Various
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Repository
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Box 268
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ United Kingdom
+441223 586737
cuh.addenbrookesarchive@nhs.net