Anger: What’s the point?
Can you imagine what life would be like if people behaved in the supermarket, like many do on the roads? Shouting aggressively at someone for cutting you up with their trolley, pushing your trolley inches from the person in front because they are taking their time. It wouldn’t be seen as acceptable behaviour, and most … Continue reading “Anger: What’s the point?”
It Will Never Happen to me!
How many of you have honestly thought that something bad will never happen to you? Sub consciously many people believe this. It’s reassuring, after all, we don’t want to go through life worrying about everything. There is another way of reducing worry though, and that is preparedness. Knowing what you should do in an emergency, … Continue reading “It Will Never Happen to me!”
Simple Skills Save Lives!
Every year in the UK there are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The survival rate from these in the UK is around 1 in every 10. In parts of the United States, Seattle in particular, the survival rates are far greater. This means that only around 3000 people will survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest … Continue reading “Simple Skills Save Lives!”
Commander Loftus William Jones: Fighting to the Very End!
Loftus William Jones was born in 1879 in Petersfield, Hampshire, a small town 17 miles to the north of the Naval Base at Portsmouth. His Father was Admiral Loftus Francis Jones, who retired from the Navy twenty years after his son was born in 1899. Given his Father’s position in the Royal Navy and the … Continue reading “Commander Loftus William Jones: Fighting to the Very End!”
The Charfield Train Crash: Another Tragedy on the Bristol Line
The Leeds to Bristol Express Mail train struck a glancing blow to the freight train before smashing into the engine tender that was shunting the freight wagons off the main line. The express train continued out of control smashing into the carriages of a second freight train before overturning and landing on its right-hand side. … Continue reading “The Charfield Train Crash: Another Tragedy on the Bristol Line”
Feeling the Heat: The Fire and Rescue Service
It’s 3am a faulty games console has set alight quickly spreading to the curtains. The house is filling with thick black toxic smoke. Just a couple of breaths in this will render you unconscious. The temperatures downstairs is several hundred degrees, hotter than your oven on full. Racing through the quiet streets a fire crew … Continue reading “Feeling the Heat: The Fire and Rescue Service”
The Tragic Story of Dr. William Barnsley Allen
William Barnsley Allen was born in Sheffield on the 8th of June 1892 to Parents Percy and Edith. He was educated at Worksop College before going to Sheffield university to study medicine, eventually earning himself a bachelor’s degree in Medicine. He proved to be a talented and knowledgeable physician, gaining a gold medal for pathology … Continue reading “The Tragic Story of Dr. William Barnsley Allen”
Nursing at the Front: The Forgotten Heroes of the Great War
Trawling through the newspaper archives from 1914 to 1918 I came across the occasional story of awards for nurses, for their courage under fire at the front. Given the current global situation we find ourselves in, and all the praise rightfully directed at the amazing doctors and nurses of the NHS, I decided that this … Continue reading “Nursing at the Front: The Forgotten Heroes of the Great War”
The Ashchurch Rail Disaster: an Avoidable Tragedy
At just after 9pm on a freezing January evening a freight train of some 24 wagons was being shunted between sidings in the sleepy Gloucestershire village of Ashchurch. A relatively routine operation that had been carried out here hundreds of times before. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary as the railway foreman strolled along beside … Continue reading “The Ashchurch Rail Disaster: an Avoidable Tragedy”
The Castlecary Rail Disaster: Tragedy in the Snow
On the 10th of December 1937, in blizzard conditions, an express train bound for Glasgow collided with the rear of a stationary train bound for Dundee, causing the rear carriages of the Dundee train to disintegrate, killing 35 people and injuring 109 others. This was Britain’s worst snow related crash and sent ripples through the … Continue reading “The Castlecary Rail Disaster: Tragedy in the Snow”
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