Stories
- Article
Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
- Article
A flat-packed forest
The regular ritual of creating seasonally changing mini-forests for her indoor cats brought Abi Palmer a focus for reflection while the cats explored.
- Article
Surviving sex work on the streets
In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.
- Article
NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Laundry with laundry staff working
Date: 1964Reference: RET 1/8/3/8/2Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Laundry with grouped laundry staff
Date: Late 19th - early 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/3/8/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Laundry
Date: Late 19th - mid 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/3/8Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Laundry File A/8
Date: 1938-1963Reference: DGH1/3/2/1Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Laundry notes
Date: 19th century-20th centuryReference: PP/BOW/Q.3/2Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)