Roz Edden
@rozedden.bsky.social
PhD candidate University of Birmingham researching nineteenth century smallpox epidemic in Gloucester. Former nurse, now outreach teacher with hospital education.
🚨 Just under two weeks until the deadline for the 2026 Midland History essay prize 🚨 Please send all entries as a Word document to j.pick@bham.ac.uk
Midland History Journal@midlandhistory.bsky.social · last mo.📣 Less than 6 weeks to go until 31st October 📣
'The Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit' is here! Designed to support historians, gallery, library, archive, museum, #genealogy & community folks to make careful, informed decisions about whether & how to share historical medical photos #HistSTM #HistMed #HistPsych #DisHist #HistNursing #GLAM 🗃️
The Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit - White Rose Research Online
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Random appearance on our drive this morning. Anyone order a portaloo?
Really touched to receive the 2026 Arthur Burns Prize for my paper on medical and maternal authority in Georgian childcare. Arthur was a much-loved, much-missed colleague at the seminar and during my time at @kingshistory.bsky.social. Thank you @long18thsem.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social. #18thC
My favourite time of year #Cheltenhamlitfest off to a great start with a fascinating insight into polar exploration with @edarmstonsheret.bsky.social and @gilesmilton
On 27 August 1864, Gloucester held its last public execution, when murderer Lewis Gough was hanged on the gatehouse roof of the prison. The Gloucestershire Chronicle commented that Gloucester had been spared a similar 'disgrace' for more than a quarter of a century. (1/2)
![THE CONDEMNED PRISONER LEWIS GOUGH.
After having spared a similar disgrace for more than a quarter of a century, Gloucester is this (Saturday) morning to be the scene of a public execution. On the 20th April, 1839, William Davis was led pinioned to the scaffold over the lodge at the County Prison, and there met his death; he had murdered a man at Durdham Down, in order that he might possess himself of his victim's watch. Two years before that Charles Samuel Bartlett died on the same scaffold for the murder of a relative. And looking back at the records of a few...[rest of article not copied]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aswu6qrhzc3xzujqm33q24dd/bafkreibmfmbqfbtwynx424txrdi3ake25rmwofhhtrmwmh4zuihx4sdo6m)
✨ New article from Midland History ✨ Discover the rise and fall of the Moon baronetcy of Coventry and what it tells us about modern attitudes towards hereditary honours by @brandontaylorian.bsky.social Read online now, available #openaccess 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0047...
The Moon Baronets of Copsewood Grange, Coventry: Rise, Decline and Dormancy in a Late Victorian Industrial Baronetcy
The dormancy of a baronetcy may appear a minor historical detail, yet it illuminates the changing meanings and limits of hereditary honour in modern Britain. This article examines the rise, decline...
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Do join us in London for this special #histnursing lecture
Teresa Doherty@dohertyta.bsky.social · 4w agoThe @rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing Annual Lecture with the amazing Prof Sioban Nelson is open for booking #TradeUnions ✊📣 @sslh.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social In person Free 29 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 20:00 20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G ORN www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Re-posting just in case you missed my article on the work of Gloucester’s district nurses during a smallpox epidemic. Delighted to have been awarded first prize @midlandhistory.bsky.social 🥳 #nursinghistory #gloucestershirehistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘A Bright Spot in Their Poor City’: The Work of Gloucester’s District Nurses During the 1896 Smallpox Epidemic
This paper examines the response of the Gloucester District Nursing Society to a major epidemic of smallpox in the city at the end of the nineteenth century. Unable to cope with the high numbers co...
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📣 Less than 6 weeks to go until 31st October 📣
Today’s interruptions /distractions. 1. Sight test and the excitement of buying new spectacles. 2. Taking the dog to hydrotherapy
Enjoyable walk exploring south east London’s three peaks. Another of the magnificent seven cemeteries ticked off into the bargain
🥇 Available now via #openaccess, the 2025 Midland History Essay Prize winner🥇 @rozedden.bsky.social shines a spotlight on the vital role played by Gloucester's district nurses in caring for their community during the 1896 smallpox epidemic Read online 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2026.2707076
‘A Bright Spot in Their Poor City’: The Work of Gloucester’s District Nurses During the 1896 Smallpox Epidemic
This paper examines the response of the Gloucester District Nursing Society to a major epidemic of smallpox in the city at the end of the nineteenth century. Unable to cope with the high numbers co...
doi.org
Amazed at how much personal information the person sitting opposite me on the train is inadvertently divulging during a phone call. Theirs is the only voice - the WHOLE carriage is listening.
Longing for the days when you could depend on the train you booked actually running. A seat would be nice too 😬
4 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every minute. #BreastCancer can have a variety of symptoms, especially when more advanced. Early diagnosis increases the chances for successful treatment 👉 bit.ly/47fqDZy
The Society's AGM followed immediately by The SSHM Lecture 2025 with Jeremy Greene (all welcome). 'Wasted medicines and medical wastes: Notes from the trash-heap of medical history' 📅Monday 6 October [Online] 🕰️4:00-5:30pm (UK time) Register via the link on the webpage #histmed #histSTM
SSHM AGM & The SSHM Lecture 2025
Monday 6 October [Online] 4:00 – 5:30pm (UK time) As required, the Society gives notice to members that the Annual General Meeting to formally accept the accounts for 2024 and for…
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Too many repetitive and unnecessary questions. He’s almost 93, he has dementia, a recent hip fracture, IDA and COPD. He’s breathless and in pain. Won’t that do? And I’ve been charged £10 for my efforts 😬
