April 2009
Tuesday 7th, Publication of Edinburgh Memories
A wonderful new book containing local people’s stories from between
the wars has just been published. It includes stories and photographs
about childhood and schooldays, work and play, sport and leisure. It
is available from all good bookshops and direct from the LMA.
The National Health Service was introduced on 5th July
1948. This exhibition looks at people's memories of health care before
the NHS and what life was like after it's introduction. The exhibition
celebrates people's experiences and stories about home remedies, paying
for the doctor, visiting the dentist and childbirth amongst other topics.
In this current economic climate we sometimes forget just how radical the NHS
was in postwar Britain and how central and important it is now in all our lives.
This exhibition will be on display at the Scottish Parliament, in the restricted
area for MSP, from 5th May to 8th May 2009.
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