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Includes: Residents drinking pints of beer at a Christmas celebration; nurse feeding patient in bed; residents playing pool and bowls; surgical staff performing surgery in theatre.

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Records of Erskine Hospital Ltd, veterans charity, Renfrewshire, ScotlandUGC 225

MinutesUGC 225/1

Annual ReportsUGC 225/2

Patient RegistersUGC 225/3

Workshop RegistersUGC 225/4

Administrative PapersUGC 225/5

Projects, Reports and Strategic PlansUGC 225/6

Property and estateUGC 225/7

PublicationsUGC 225/8

Films and slidesUGC 225/9

Photographs and postcardsUGC 225/10

Residents and staffUGC 225/10/1

Soldier standing next to a chair, note on the back reads 'Brown'UGC 225/10/1/1

Soldier Willie Bryle in uniformUGC 225/10/1/2

Two soldiers in uniformUGC 225/10/1/3

Two men standing in front of a doorUGC 225/10/1/4

Two soldiers in uniform standing on either side of a woman sitting in a chairUGC 225/10/1/5

A soldier in uniform next to a plant, note on the back reads: Nurse Ingles, Pte LilleyUGC 225/10/1/6

Portrait picture of a soldier in uniformUGC 225/10/1/7

Portrait picture of a soldier in uniformUGC 225/10/1/8

Two nurses sitting on the grass in front of some plants and photograph of Pte David Dunlop and other patients in Erskine hospital during the First World WarUGC 225/10/1/9

Two nurses and two other women lying on grass looking back at the cameraUGC 225/10/1/10

Nurses and patients, including one in a bed sitting outside in the sunshineUGC 225/10/1/11

Patients lying in front of a cedar tree in front of Erskine HouseUGC 225/10/1/12

Two men, one in hospital blues sitting on a bench, the other in uniform standing behind the bench, holding handsUGC 225/10/1/13

Smithston War Hospital exteriorUGC 225/10/1/14

Nurse Menzies in her uniformUGC 225/10/1/15

A group of nurses and patients sitting outsideUGC 225/10/1/16

A soldier in uniform sitting on a benchUGC 225/10/1/17

Portrait of a soldier in uniform sitting on at a tableUGC 225/10/1/18

Ptes Matheson & Quin in hospital uniform with their arms in slings. Pte David Dunlop sitting on a bed in Ward One with other patients.UGC 225/10/1/19

Sgt McKenzie & Pte C Smith in hospital patient uniform, one sitting on a pillarUGC 225/10/1/20

Ptes Baker & O'Hear in hospital patient uniform and service uniform hats, holding walking sticks, one sitting on a pillarUGC 225/10/1/21

Two patients in hospital uniform and service uniform hats, one sitting on a chair holding a cigaretteUGC 225/10/1/22

Soldier in uniform leaning against a chairUGC 225/10/1/23

Man in a suit sitting beside soldier in uniformUGC 225/10/1/24

Soldier on a horse with a rifle on his backUGC 225/10/1/25

Soldier in uniform wearing a kilt standing beside patient in hospital uniform sitting on a chairUGC 225/10/1/26

Soldiers in uniform, one standing beside another who has lost an arm is sitting on a chairUGC 225/10/1/27

Soldier on a horse holding a rifleUGC 225/10/1/28

Large group of nurses and patients sitting on steps outside an entrance to Erskine House with a gramophone.UGC 225/10/1/29

Red Cross ambulance trainUGC 225/10/1/30

Nurses, Matron and other members of staff group photograph outsideUGC 225/10/1/31

Nurses and patients in a wardUGC 225/10/1/32

Matron and nurses group photograph outside with a dog lying on a rug in front of themUGC 225/10/1/33

Men wearing suits and war medals lined up in front of an officer in uniformUGC 225/10/1/34

Group photograph of patients, nurses and doctorsUGC 225/10/1/35

Taken from the entrance to Erskine House, shows a hunting party on horses with hounds outside the front entrance to Erskine House, patients and staff are gathered watching them.UGC 225/10/1/36

Group of soldiers from the Fife and Forfar YeomanryUGC 225/10/1/37

Large copy photograph of patients, members of the public possibly at an early hospital open day standing in front of the workshop buildingUGC 225/10/1/38

Man in a wheelchair with a dogUGC 225/10/1/39

Photographs of various aspects of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/40

Photographs of various aspects of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/41

Photographs of various aspects of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/42

Various group and individual photographs of residents and staffUGC 225/10/1/43

Col David Boyle Superintendent of Erskine standing next to a plaque dedicated to Sir William MacewenUGC 225/10/1/44

Craftsmen working in the workshopsUGC 225/10/1/45

Two nurses with a patient dressed in a suit and his war medalsUGC 225/10/1/46

Brigadier Alastair Stevenson Pearson CB, DSO & Three Bars, OBE, MC, TD, DL walking with a sheep dogUGC 225/10/1/47

Resident sitting beside a bed; residents sitting at tables in the games room; 3 nurses in an officeUGC 225/10/1/48

Various aspect of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/49

Woman sitting on a Rambler scooter dressed in a cowboy hat and holding a pistolUGC 225/10/1/50

George and Joy Collins with their dog in front of their cottageUGC 225/10/1/51

Various group and individual photographs of residents and staffUGC 225/10/1/52

Nurse laughing with resident in a ward; Matron Maureen Lundie with a residentUGC 225/10/1/53

Former Royal Navy serviceman James Leaper holding a toothbrushUGC 225/10/1/54

Residents playing chess and dominos one resident helping another with a cigarette; two residents sitting on a bench one shot of them from behind overlooking the river and mountainsUGC 225/10/1/55

Copy photograph of a group standing in front of Mar Hall wearing their war medals and salutingUGC 225/10/1/56

Alex Tomlinson wheeling resident James Leaper (ex-RN) through a daffodil bed in the groundsUGC 225/10/1/57

Resident working at a mouth operated typewriterUGC 225/10/1/58

Various photographs of residents and staffUGC 225/10/1/59

Nurse Elizabeth Kerr pours a drink for resident Bill Kennedy who is wearing a Christmas hatUGC 225/10/1/60

Various aspects of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/61

Various aspects of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/62

Sir John MacMillan speaking in front of Erskine House and meeting some residents in the cottagesUGC 225/10/1/63

Various residents and staffUGC 225/10/1/64

Residents wearing party hats, possibly at the holiday house in DunoonUGC 225/10/1/65

Various aspects of hospital lifeUGC 225/10/1/66

Residents working in the occupational therapy departmentUGC 225/10/1/67

Residents and staff playing bowls, dominos and other table games and reading newspapers in the recreation roomUGC 225/10/1/68

Residents playing pool, resident and staff member at the banking services office, residents in the recreation room, residents at physiotherapy. Also includes a photograph of residents in a restaurantUGC 225/10/1/69

Various staff members, including group photographs of staff with certificatesUGC 225/10/1/70

Residents taking part in physiotherapy, including on captioned 'Dougie McDonald'UGC 225/10/1/71

Residents and staff in the recreation room playing pool, Uno and dominosUGC 225/10/1/72

Walter Gilmour pruning plants in a green houseUGC 225/10/1/73

Resident Harry BarclayUGC 225/10/1/74

Admiral Thomas Baird, Chairman of ErskineUGC 225/10/1/75

Sir John MacMillan, Chairman of ErskineUGC 225/10/1/76

Colonel William Kenneth Shepherd (Hospital Commandant 1983-1995)UGC 225/10/1/77

Col Martin Gibson Erskine (CEO 1995-2009)UGC 225/10/1/78

Staff working in the furniture and shoe workshopsUGC 225/10/1/79

George Collins and Bill McDowell standing in front of the Erskine HouseUGC 225/10/1/80

Nurses giving poppies to residentsUGC 225/10/1/81

Staff including Dr David McFadyen queuing for food in the canteenUGC 225/10/1/82

Residents and staff at a partyUGC 225/10/1/83

Four generations of ex-servicemen sitting in the grounds with Erskine House in the backgroundUGC 225/10/1/84

Various photographs showing daily life in Erskine HospitalUGC 225/10/1/85

Workshop employees posing with chairs from the furniture workshopUGC 225/10/1/86

Group of residents and staff including WW1 veterans and the youngest resident in the long gallery taken on Remembrance DayUGC 225/10/1/87

Various photographs of residentsUGC 225/10/1/88

Alex and Sadie Tomlinson on their retirementUGC 225/10/1/89

Various photographs of residentsUGC 225/10/1/90

Workshop employee Peter Ferris holding a dancing shoe made in Erskine workshopsUGC 225/10/1/91

Residents with a cake iced with the Erskine 2000 Appeal logo, battleships, a plane and a tankUGC 225/10/1/92

Group of residents and staff in the long gallery looking towards the site of the new Erskine HomeUGC 225/10/1/93

Staff looking at the model of the new Erskine HomeUGC 225/10/1/94

Nurses and residents laughing and posing for the 1997 Annual Report coverUGC 225/10/1/95

Staff group photographs and various residents sitting in the common room drinking teaUGC 225/10/1/96

Two staff looking at colour swatches and room designs, probably in a bedroom of the newly built Erskine Home. Two residents in the same room. Staff in the laundry room, sewing curtainsUGC 225/10/1/97

Staff group photographsUGC 225/10/1/98

Workshops and garden centreUGC 225/10/1/99

Staff helping residents to moving out of a wardUGC 225/10/1/100

Resident Marian Neil holding a tea cupUGC 225/10/1/101

Residents Sandy Hay and Eddie McCafferty looking at a painting and smoking pipesUGC 225/10/1/102

Two residents posing with their war medals and salutingUGC 225/10/1/103

Events and visitsUGC 225/10/2

Fundraising and cheque presentationsUGC 225/10/3

Erskine buildingsUGC 225/10/4

Personal PapersUGC 225/11