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An Hour a Month: Children’s Hospital Visiting Rules Before the Platt Report
One hour, once a month: how British hospitals kept sick children apart from their parents before the Platt Report, and the boy who watched the clock.
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The Directory and the Child: what a survey of Britain’s orthopaedic institutions kept, and what it left out
A 1935 directory of Britain’s institutions for ‘crippled’ children, and the boy it would send to King Edward VII Hospital, Sheffield: what the records kept, and what they left out.
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Childhood Hospital Separation: ‘I Want My Mummy’
For decades, many British hospitals kept sick children apart from their parents. This article looks at childhood hospital separation, James Robertson’s films, the Platt Report, and what family historians can recover from the silences in hospital records.
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Forgotten Children Bovine TB: Hidden History Wins Award
There is a particular satisfaction in receiving recognition for work that is not really about you. ‘Yet’ recovers the story of the forgotten children of bovine tuberculosis. Hundreds of thousands of British children were hospitalised for months, sometimes years, in the era before effective treatment existed. When I learned the book had been awarded Runner-up…
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A video introduction to ‘Yet’
Have you ever wondered about the hidden stories that shaped our families and communities? The ones often left untold, buried under stigma and silence? In my latest video, I share the extraordinary journey of my father, Harry Drabble, whose life was transformed by childhood trauma, disability, and the choices he made. This story, captured in…
