Dr Donaldson with some of his staff at the Miner’s Hospital in Skinningrove taken about 1925; the date of this photograph was written on the bottom, but does anyone know the names of the staff? Isn’t he proud of his bike? Tony Nicholson advised: “I’m interested in tracing Emily Elgey; the Matron of the Miner’s Hospital from 1902 until her death in 1924. I found several of Emily’s letters in my attic. Sadly, I don’t have a photograph of her, but I wonder if this might be her? (i.e. the nurse standing beside Dr. Donaldson). I know the photograph has ‘1925’ written on the bottom, but could it be earlier? The nurse’s uniform looks Edwardian to me, although I’m not an expert . Didn’t uniforms became less elaborate in the 1920s? Perhaps it’s wishful thinking on my part (because I want this to be Emily!) but the whole photograph has a more Edwardian feel than something from the 1920s?
Was this Dr. Donaldson the same Dr. Donaldson who was the House Surgeon at North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough? If so, he was born in 1876 and would have been 49 in 1925. A bit too old for the chap in the photograph, notwithstanding his baldness? Might he have come to Skinningrove to perform operations? I doubt he would have biked over in the 1920s (probably had a car) but might have done so in the Edwardian era. Needless to say, I would welcome any help in tracing Emily, and particularly a photograph of her”.
Many thanks to Tony Nicholson for the information and the Archive has suppled any information regarding Emily to assist in his researches.
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