the old n&n is a very fine building imho
and it got me to thinking it must have been bunged up a few hundred years ago, before the NHS anyway, and so i wondered why they would have gone to such expense to create such a splendid hospital instead of spending more on healthcare.
I surmised from such a fine and dandy building that healthcare must have only been for the well-off back in the day. Wiki states though that it was built in 1771 when George III was on the throne and turns out the hospital was actually a charitable institution for the care of the poor and the sick of the City.
The wiki linked me to the "Norfolk Annals" which is a fantastic archive that gives a glimpse back into the past of the City.
In 1801 "Great scarcity prevailed throughout this month. About £1,500 was prescribed for supplying the poor of Norwich with soup and upwards of 247,000 quarts were distributed" and "Nurses were advised to use Linseed meal and water instead of bread and milk in making poultices".
There was a whole lot of f**king around in those days as well "A Quartermaster of the 13th Light Dragoons rode a certain distance up Thorpe Road in a given time with his face to the horses tail, and afterwards up the sand hill near Kett's Castle, and won both wagers".
Anyway, historylinky User Posted Link
Posted By: Tombs on January 31st 2018 at 15:33:13
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- the old n&n is a very fine building imho (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 31, 15:33:13
- Think that building was much later, late 1800s? (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jan 31, 18:53:17
- Interesting stuff....lots of hospitals built along similar lines (General Chat) - admckechnie, Jan 31, 15:43:17
- forgot about that (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 31, 15:53:30
- Some great medical themed art from the Dutch masters (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 31, 16:56:55
- forgot about that (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 31, 15:53:30
- Civil pride, showing off - stations hospitals town halls (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 31, 15:39:02
- Someone once told me that they spangled PoW road up to impress the Prince of Wales (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jan 31, 16:16:53
- The Station is a mighty fine building as well (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 31, 15:42:53
- Railways stations are the cathedrals of the Victorian age (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, Jan 31, 15:46:46
- cathedrals though, suffern else (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 31, 15:51:34
- Puts MoD overruns to shame (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 16:28:58
- Steady... nothing to see here (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 31, 17:57:41
- Puts MoD overruns to shame (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 16:28:58
- cathedrals though, suffern else (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 31, 15:51:34
- Railways stations are the cathedrals of the Victorian age (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, Jan 31, 15:46:46
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