Hospital Occupations: Thornton View Hospital occupation, 1983-1984
TitleHospital Occupations: Thornton View Hospital occupation, 1983-1984
ReferenceSUBJ/HOSPITAL/2
Date
1983-1984
Production date 1983 - 1984
Scope and ContentFolder 1: Photocopy of 'Save Thornton View Hospital' stickers; Newsletter - Thornton View For Ever! (occupation newsletter) (22 Nov 1983[?]) and Nos 3-5 (11 Aug-11 Sep 1983) and Weeks 26, 30 and 35 (27 Jan, 1 Mar, 5 Apr); Flyers and communications to supporters relating to the Thornton View occupation; Newspaper extracts relating to the occupation - Telegraph and Argus (9, 13 Aug 1983 and one undated), Militant (25 Nov 1983), Nursing Mirror (18 Apr 1984), Nursing Times (18 Apr 1984); Newspaper - Leeds Weekly Citizen (17 Sep 1983); Minutes of Occupation Committee Meeting (24 Aug 1983); Folder 2: Press cutting - The Guardian (9 Aug 1983); Thornton View Occupation Committee list of demands; Statement from Thornton View Occupation Committee on the work-in at 7pm on 5 Aug 1983; Thornton View Occupation press release (12 Jun, 1984); Nupe News letter to colleague advertising a gala celebrating a year of the occupation in Infirmary Fields, Bradford on 4 Aug 1984; Flyers relating to the Thornton View Occupation; Booklet - Thornton View Occupation instructions for rota co-ordinators (plus duplicate and draft); Open letter to the residents of Clayton from Clayton Against Closure Support Group for Thornton View; NUPE (National Union of Public Employees) flyers - Save the NHS; Thornton View telephone tree form (Nov); Stickers - Save Thornton View, Save Hayes Hospital; Thornton View Work-in letter of opposition of the closure; Communications to supports relating to the Thornton View occupation; Flyers relating to the Thornton View occupation and opposition of closure; Notes of Occupation Committee Meeting (17 Sep 1983); NUPE Journal frontpage and back page with article on Thornton View (No 8, 1983); Business Card - Niall Sheridan, Regional Officer for Confederation of Health Service Employees; Flyer - Bradford Health Service Unions say - Save Bradford's Hospitals Thornton View and Shipley; NUPE communication to colleagues regarding the threat of closure of Thornton View; Flyer slip - COHSE says fight to SAVE Thornton View Hospital; Press cuttings relating to the Thornton View sit-in (two unnamed and undated), Telegraph and Argus (13 Aug 1983); Miscellaneous papers relating to the Thornton View occupation; Occupation Committee Minutes (9, 15 Aug, 17 Sep 1983); Bradford Health Group minutes of meeting on 7 Sep 1983 and draft writing on back; Notes on picketing / picketing leaflets;
Extent2 folders
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordNational Health Service
SubjectHospitals
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationAG Hospital Occupations Box 1 (Room 36)