birthplace on poor relief application

bluebell2go · Post by **bluebell2go** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:49 pm

Thanks, Joette, Russell, emanday, for your stories of the reality of medical care not so long ago.

I was lucky enough to be born after the NHS was established and got the cod liver oil and the orange juice as well as the inoculations and tonsils out on the National Health. I'm old enough to remember people my own age or a little older with TB and polio.

With all the background info you've given me, I hardly need to buy any books, there's such a wealth of knowledge on this site.

I've also answered another question of mine - did the Royal Infirmary exist in the 1870s - well I found out today that my GGgm, Alice Moreland, ms Cowan, died there in 1874.

I was searching the site for Morelands and found Wendy's posts on that name. I then noticed she was searching for Dunlops and Paterson from Kilwinning. My father-in-law's mother was Barbara Dunlop Paterson from KIlwinning! I've PMd Wendy but I notice she's not posted for a while.

If you see this Wendy, pleeeease get in touch!

Post by **emanday** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:51 pm

With all the background info you've given me, I hardly need to buy any books, there's such a wealth of knowledge on this site.

The really daft thing is that, if the rest of them are like me, it's only when someone mentions a time or subject or place, etc... that the memories surface.

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:11 am

I could probably write a thesis on Victorian morals and attitudes. When I was a children's studies major, we had to learn about the origins of such things as the "motherhood myth" and attitudes to child rearing etc. It was interesting to note that the origins of the "motherhood myth" came from middle to upper class Victorian women who ironically seldom looked after their own children.

Thankfully in those times there were also forward thinkers who were instrumental in establishing child protection societies, which are the basis for our modern social services that help protect our children.

And yes thanks to moden medicine, childhood mortality has dropped considerably in developed nations. I recall a lassie in my class who got polio just before the immunisation programmes were introduced. Now I read that immunisation programmes in underdeveloped nations are being placed in jeopardy due to the fear of witchcraft, sterility and other causes of totally unrelated illnesses

scml · Post by **scml** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:13 pm

Hi Bluebell,

I have found this thread very interesting reading, and can only agree with you all that we are very lucky to live in the times we do. It is amazing the difference in just a few generations.
A book you might like to read is "The Lion in the North" by John Prebble. Its a historical narrative, and very easy reading, but very well done. He has written quite a few books and there is one on "The Highland Clearances" which I am going to try to get as well.
I hated History in school, they seemed to make it soooo boreing.
But now I really love to read historical novels and I am enjoying finding out about the history in Scotland and how it may have effected my family at those times.
I also would love to hear from others on TS about other worthy books to read