Help identifying name of Place on back of photo

[vera2013]

National Archives have register which was opened 1921-1973 It also contains names of nurses who qualified prior to this. Register is also on Ancestry.

From what I recall of hospital buildings in London back to 1960, I don't ever recall such signage attached.
Some of the larger teaching hospitals have merged in recent years. Previously they would be part of a Group with smaller hospitals/clinics attached. In the case of St Mary's, Praed St, due to apparently snobbishness, the Governors were not keen to be linked to Paddington General in the Harrow Road

Vera

[Janet]

Thank you Vera/ It is difficult finding a picture of St Barts around 1920 but I have discovered that Barts was destroyed by fire in 1900 and only the Tower was left standing and that does look like an old Tower in my picture? I will have a look at the NA Registers. The Welcome Institute also has many records. I have an Ancestry sub but they were not coming up with anything on her name but I will try again.

Janet

[Uncle John]

The building looks more industrial than hospital, remembering that many hospitals inherited workhouse buildings.

[Anne in Carlisle]

Did you know that nurses registrations are on FMP? Not sure which years or nurses they cover.
Anne

[Olde Crone Holden]

I agree with UJ. Perhaps she was a factory nurse? I do not think that is Bart's , unless it is round the back, lol. The ground appears to slope.

OC

[Guest]

there are some photos on here might help

http://www.meaningsofservice1914.qmul.ac.uk/archive/st-bartholomews-hospital-archives

[Janet]

Thank you Val. I have sent an e mail to their arcives and they have replied back to say they will respond to my request within a few days.
So hopefully that should either tell me ys or no that she was there or not.

Thanks everybody for your input. Yes I had thought it might be an industrial place/factory as it does look a bit grim and yes many hospitals were previous workhouses. She eventually met a Surgeon in London and married him.

I have been on to both FMP and Ancestry but unable to find anything. I do find it difficult to negotiate specific records on ancestry and of course with such a popular name it threw up a couple of thousand and even trying to cut down by knowing what I want did not help me! I still seemed to have to go through all the census & BMD which I do not want because I already have all that information. I will see if Barts comes back with something or nothing.

Janet

[Janet]

Val

I am just reading the arcival material from Barts Archives and looking at these pictures I realise I have some similar ones in this album I have and I have not yet got around to uploading them. Some of them are W War 1 and a particular one I have is of a group of soldiers with one on crutches and there are several with nurses in the pictures. Some I thought may be W War 2 but now I am not so sure. She had two brothers and possibly a nephew in W War 1 and one of them was a stretcher bearer. It looks as though I have more information than I realise but I am sure somewhere in those photos is a family member or members but there is nobody left to ask!

Janet