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'Unsung Heroes' is a unique oral history and arts project inspired by a collection of nursing and hospital badges, celebrating the lives of current and retired nursing staff who have trained or worked at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Fascinating interviews unveil memories of a bygone nursing era spanning back to WW2 along with contemporary portrayals of nursing life as it is today. Full length recordings and transcriptions are available at Lothian Health Services Archive (www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk). (Images copyright Lothian Health Services Archive.)
RIE, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, nurses, nurses uniform, badges, nurse training
A collaboration between: Brunel University, Edinburgh College of Art, University College London, University of Dundee, University of Salford.
