Stories
- In pictures
The friendly societies and healthcare
For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.
- Article
Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Selling sex and sacrificing safety
Sex workers who report crimes against them can face a “what do you expect?” attitude. But one organisation is working to protect vulnerable people in the sex industry.
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Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
Catalogue
- Books
The friendly societies in England, 1815-1875 / [P.H.J.H. Gosden].
Gosden, P. H. J. H.Date: [1961; label: New York, Barnes & Noble]- Books
Discovering friendly and fraternal societies : their badges and regalia / Victoria Solt Dennis.
Dennis, Victoria Solt.Date: 2005- Books
Friendly societies in Meopham / James Carley.
Carley, James.Date: 1983- Archives and manuscripts
Friendly societies, medical aid institutes, etc.
Date: 1910-1971Reference: SA/BMA/C.102Part of: British Medical Association- Books
West country friendly societies : an account of village benefit clubs and their brass pole heads / Margaret D. Fuller.
Fuller, Margaret D.Date: 1964