So much fun! Working with The European Renal Association who come to Glasgow June. They are committed to sustainability & the local community & have worked with us & a local school.
In April, the school come to visit, work in our gardens & be the first to follow Basil & Beetrice #TheRoyalBeeTrail
Cannot wait for you to see what we have been doing
Rottenrow: the Birth of a City
Opening in April.
We think it is our best exhibition yet....
Foyer glow up and some serious garden improvements coming at the same time
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It is April next month, so that means it's time for #Archive30. Here are your themes. Have fun! Anyone is welcome to join in, just use the daily hashtag along with #Archive30. We can't wait to see what you all come up with.
#Archives
No - all are welcome 😍
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A Night at the Museum.....
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#day19
Instead of a #christmasparty how about a New Year party! Managers met with Nurses annually on 1st Jan; a tradition started in 1868. Not sure if it was mandatory nor if it was much fun😂 In 1923, the nurses' choir sang & the Lord Provost attended.
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A sculpture of Christ healing a blind boy on the former Royal Asylum for the Blind on Castle Street in Glasgow.
Cont./
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #architecturephotography #castlestreet
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#day18
This is Rascal 😊, one of our #archiveelves & he is usually up to all kinds of mischief. Yesterday, however, he wanted to help curate our #rottenrow exhibition & so he did some research. Opens 2026 & it promises to be our best one yet!
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#day17
#christmascolours
Well you don't get more christmassy than our carol service in Glasgow Cathedral. This year it took place on Dec 12th. Photos will follow but for now some snaps from 2024 with the fab & talented children from St Mungo's Primary.
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#day16
The former consultants' dining room - that's a lot of #bells
breakfast bell
luncheon bell
dinner bell
supper bell
and only 1 pint of beer - goodness 😂
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#day15
Well today was tough for us but we give you Santa visiting one happy and one terrified child 😜 in 1920 with Matron Jane Melrose looking on. Spot the stack of presents at the bottom of the bed beautifully presented with #wrappingpaper & ribbon
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#day13
A Christmas suggestion, subscribe to that grand old institution, The Royal, don't spend all your money #shopping
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#day12
Team #glasgowroyalinfirmary embracing the season with all the #festiveclothes
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Carol Servjce tomorrow at 530pm
in Glasgow Cathedral 🥳
Still time to book your free place…don’t miss this one, it last about 45mins and is bound to make you smile 😊 Feat. The children from St Roch’s Primary 🎶 🎄
www.eventbrite.com/e/1976035173...
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#day11
Well behind the door today it's #darknights so we shall oblige and supply you with a very special Dark Knight
Mind that time THE Batman, yip the actual batman, the dark knight himself, visited #glasgowroyalinfirmary
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#day10
#christmascards
We don't know what year this is from but it is a lovely old-fashioned card....
The modern card with the bee was the only year we did paper cards in December 2022.
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#day8
Read this lovely description of Christmas Day and the #festivefood on offer in #glasgowroyalinfirmary in 1920. Then have a look at the old kitchens and all that prep work...
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We are 231!
Wonderful things have happened inside our walls. Things which have shaped healthcare throughout the world. We gave the world antisepsis, nurse training & more. Today, pioneering work continues & inside there is a sense of team, of community & of pride, even when times are tough.
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#day7
⭐ A shining #star visible within #glasgowroyalinfirmary. Do you know where? 🤔
⭐ The #star hypodermic needle. Wonder what made it so special? 😉
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Oooft it's that famous & unique snap for #archiveadventcalendar #day6
Lister casually contemplating antisepsis in 1865, on his sleigh just outside #glasgowroyalinfirmary
Very keen sledger in his spare time by all accounts 😉
#wintersports anyone?
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It happens to be our birthday on Monday. We will be 231 years old!
To celebrate we are hosting 2 events:
🎂 8th December Bake Sale in the main foyer next to outpatients at 12 noon
🎶 12th December Carol Service in The Cathedral at 530pm
Come celebrate with us - we definitely believe in tomorrow
A photo of the label for ONE NIGHT COUGH SYRUP, showcasing the list of toxic ingredients.
'Tis the season!
“One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed.
#skystorians #medhist #science 🧪
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#day4
Behind the door a #christmascarol sung by the lovely St Mungo's Primary School Choir.
If you want to hear more, come along to our annual carol service at The Cathedral on 12th December. Register (it's free) on eventbrite - click bit.ly/3Y7iEJH
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Boxes of drugs
Boxes of honey
Boxes dumped in the space we made a museum
Bow cut by David Geyer, Rebecca Strong's great grandson at our official opening, 31st May 2022.
#boxesandbows
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#day3
Not festive but light themed....
In 1922, guess how many lights it took to get us all lit up?
Here is the first tree - complete with #festivelights that we put up in December 2020 when Christmas hit differently.
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#day2
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🎁 The Children's toy fund - look at the rocking horse in the ward. Matron would not be happy about the flowers in 2025 though 😉
🎁 Santa at a christmas party for the dept of medicine for the elderly and he has a whole sack of #presents
Did you hear? 🤔
Scotland have qualified for The World Cup. Bet these guys would have been proud.
The plastic surgery unit's football team 1968, an unknown team but they have a trophy so must have been good & the staff football team from 1936.
Well done Scotland, we will be rooting for you.
Carol Service 12th Dec The Cathedral 530pm. No entry to Cathedral before 515
Reception MUSEUM 430pm
8th Dec we are 231. We know, we look AMAZING😍 Carol Service also our 231st birthday party. Don't get many of them so you should def come along. Be part of history. Register on eventbrite - it's free.
