The Importance of Being Earnest
Your name:
Jack Ashby
Entry:
Alan Moncrieff - Professor at GOSH who was the doctor involved in the child's case.
Algernon Moncrieff - Lady Bracknell's nephew in The Importance of Being Earnest.
My first family car
Entry:
My Dad's first car was black as night with big chrome stripes down the side and a step so high I had trouble climbing in. I think it was called an Anglia!
More Labybird text and images about the children's ward 1960s
Your name:
Julie + Theo Brixey-Williams
Entry:
5 more images from the Ladybird book about the Children's ward: 'People at Work: The Nurse'
Re-enactment of The Apprentice on the bus
Entry:
UCL students from the Islamic Society filmed a re-enactment of the BBC's The Apprentice, as part of raising funds for Charity Week.
Stroke case attempting to eat a toy
Your name:
SSenterprise
Entry:
My father was in a care home after a stroke. During a visit he assumed that one of my children's toys (a metal Thomas the Tank engine) was edible and commenced to try to eat it.
The Cardigans' Car
Entry:
The Cardigans' pop video depicts a young woman driving in a distinctively similar car to that of the object in the study.
Moncrieff and Child Welfare
Your name:
Debbie Challis
Entry:
Alan Moncrieff was Chairman of the committee to survey child services after the creation of the National Health Service and in preparation for the Children Act.
Sir Alan Moncrieff: Amazing Paediatrician
Your name:
Debbie Challis
Entry:
The object case notes says 'Case under Professor Moncrieff'.
Towards a futurology of the object: Part 1 - Road Trip
Entry:
…from the Nightshift.
Why 'made in England' ?
Your name:
Muki Haklay
Entry:
One of the intriguing aspects of this toy is that it is clearly an American model, but it is stamped with ‘Made in England’ and ended in a London’s Hospital.
