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Aerial photo of New Site and playing field, 1974

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1919/AHPH 1/4/31

Scope and Contents

From the File:

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: 1974

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Repository

Contact:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Box 268
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ United Kingdom
+441223 586737