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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) is a National Health Service specialist orthopaedic hospital situated in Northfield, Birmingham, England. The ROH specialises in bone and joint problems. History The hospital's origins in a new convalescent home established by the Crippled Children's Union at The Woodlands in Northfield in order to treat children with deformities in 1909. The building, dating from 1840, had been donated to the Crippled Children's Union by George Cadbury, who then moved into Northfield Manor House later in 1909. The Crippled Children's Union merged with the Royal Orthopaedic and Spinal Hospital to form the Royal Cripples' Hospital at The Woodlands in 1925. After the joining the National Health Service in 1948, the Royal Cripples' Hospital became the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. A new £8 million out-patient department was opened in May 2011. Its 24 consultation rooms, treatment rooms and other facilities replaced the temporary out-patients buildings that had been used since 1992. Notable staff Fanny Rebecca Smith (1884–1969), Matron for 23 years from 1925 until 1948. Smith trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1908 and 1910, and remained as a staff nurse for two years. Before her appointment at Woodlands as matron, Smith was assistant Matron at the Royal Orthopaedic and Spinal Hospital from December 1913. Performance The hospital was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 831 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.56%. 84% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 67% recommended it as a place to work. It decided to stop providing paediatric surgery after the West Midlands Quality Review Service report concluded, "that paediatric inpatient surgery would be better delivered in a hospital setting with access to extensive centralised care facilities at all times". See also List of hospitals in England List of NHS trusts Healthcare in West Midlands References External links Official website
Royal Portbury Dock

The Royal Portbury Dock is part of the Port of Bristol, in England. It is situated near the village of Portbury on the southern side of the mouth of the Avon, where the river joins the Severn estuary — the Avonmouth Docks are on the opposite side of the Avon, within Avonmouth. The deepwater dock was constructed between 1972 and 1977, and is now a major port for the import of motor vehicles into the UK. The M5 motorway runs nearby, and the huge car storage compounds around the dock are visible from the Avonmouth Bridge. A waste industrial area west of the port is being developed as the Portbury Ashlands Nature Reserve. The Royal Portbury Dock has the largest entrance lock into any UK port, accommodating vessels up to 41 m (135 ft) beam, 290 m (951 ft) length and 14.5 m (48 ft) draft. Operator The dock is now operated by The Bristol Port Company, which also operates Avonmouth Docks, and has done since 1991 when it purchased a 150-year lease from Bristol City Council. Between 2000 and 2002 the Portishead Railway was repaired and extended to the dock at a cost of £21 million. Trades Motor vehicles are both loaded and discharged, and stored on paved quay areas and storage compounds. In 2004, over 650,000 vehicles were handled. During 1996, the motor vehicle trade was awarded the International Quality Standard ISO 9002. Royal Portbury Dock can accommodate up to six RoRo vessels simultaneously. Aviation fuel tankers up to 120,000 dwt can discharge at the Bristol Aviation Fuel Terminal which opened in 2003, and feeds directly into the UK's pipeline and storage network. Coal and other bulk cargoes can be discharged with two continuous ship unloaders and two gantry grab cranes, allowing for 5,000 tonne per hour throughput. Since 2013 the wings for the Airbus A400M Atlas have left Portbury on three specialised ferries (one called the Ville De Bordeaux) after travelling from the factory at Filton. They go via St Nazaire to Seville. This is part of the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit transportation system. Containers and forestry products are also handled at the dock. Technical The port experiences the second largest tidal range in the world. The Portbury Dock, like Avonmouth Dock across the river, is impounded and the water level within each dock is maintained by lock gates and impounding pumps. The pumps maintain a minimum water level in the dock when water is lost to the sea through ships entering/exiting the dock. See also Port of Bristol References External links The Bristol Port Company website UK Government DfT Casestudy Portishead and Bristol Lifeboat Port of Bristol Authority archive collection
Royal Pump Room Gardens

The Royal Pump Room Gardens is a popular open space found in the centre of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, next to the Royal Pump Rooms and just north of the River Leam. Despite being named "gardens" there is only one 5.4-acre (22,000 m2) area divided by footpaths with an ironwork bandstand in the centre. Opened in 1814 with the Pump Rooms themselves, to begin with, the gardens were only for the use of patrons of the Pump Rooms "to afford them pleasant promenades." The original bandstand was later erected and bands played in the afternoon and evening during the summer (and other public holidays) for those paying to use the baths. During these early days the famed tightrope walker Charles Blondin crossed the area in July 1851. However in 1876 the gardens were opened to the public. In 1881 plans were made to build the town hall on the gardens but at the last minute a change of site was agreed and it was built further north near The Regent Hotel. In 1893 a pedestrian bridge called York Bridge was built over the river. The second bandstand was designed by Walter MacFarlane & Co and founded in Glasgow. It was installed in 1896. Also the only remaining examples of the original Leamington cast iron gas lamps can be found alongside the south side of the gardens. The gardens originally contained decorative flower beds but with the decline in fortunes of the Pump Rooms themselves these have been grassed over. Bands still play in the bandstand, although very infrequently but the gardens host the annual Leamington Peace Festival, a fun fair once a year and farmers markets once a month. It is also a popular place for young people, especially those from the nearby Warwick University to sunbathe and play football. As it lies so close to the river it is part of the town that is most frequently flooded. The last two times such floods occurred were at Easter 1998 and in the summer of 2007. In March 2012 new lights in iron arches (commonly known as the Linden Arches) were erected along the pathway furthest from the river. They were officially unveiled by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. This is the first major alteration to the park's superficial appearance since 1896. This was followed later in the decade when the bandstand was removed in autumn 2018 and returned re-furbished and painted different colours in spring 2019. The paths were slightly re-routed and totally re-paved and a new seating area with rock features and a small pond was constructed at the western end of the gardens. The £1.4 million project also included new railings and new trees being planted. Notes References Cave, Lyndon F (1988) "Royal Leamington Spa", Phillimore, Chichester
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Powys, in conjunction with the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. History The hospital, which was built to replace the Royal Salop Infirmary in the centre of Shrewsbury and the Copthorne Hospital on the opposite side of the Mytton Oak Road, was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1979. Expansion of the hospital took place when services were transferred from the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in Mount St in the centre of Shrewsbury in 1998. The latter dated from 1879 to 1881 and is a Grade II listed building. Historic picture tiles depicting Faith, Hope and Charity were moved from the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The site on the opposite side of the Mytton Oak Road, formerly occupied by the Copthorne Hospital, was deemed surplus to requirements and sold for development to create affordable housing in 2007. Of the housing subsequently built, called Copthorne Grange, two of its roads, Seacole Way and Cavell Drive were named after famous wartime nurses. Notable patients Those reported to have died there include: William Alonzo Parker – former Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury (1982) David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech – Conservative politician and former Ambassador to the United States (1985, after car crash). George Herbert, 7th Earl of Powis - peer (1993) John Biffen, Baron Biffen - Conservative politician (2007) Bertram ('Jimmy') James – former Royal Air Force officer and Great Escape survivor (2008) Pete Postlethwaite – actor (2011) Geoff Morris – retired professional footballer, notably Walsall and Shrewsbury Town (2015). Guy N. Smith – writer (2020) Raymond Froggatt – Country singer/songwriter (2023) See also Princess Royal Hospital, Telford - the other site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust List of hospitals in England References External links Official website Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on the NHS website Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission
Royal Society of Musicians

The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain is a charity in the United Kingdom that supports musicians. It is the oldest music-related charity in Great Britain, founded in 1738 as the Fund for Decay'd Musicians by a declaration of trust signed by 228 musicians, including Edward Purcell (eldest son of Henry Purcell), Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Richard Carter, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Hilda Wilson, Dr. John Worgan, and George Frideric Handel. It still operates a bank account at Drummonds Bank (now part of Royal Bank of Scotland) which was opened by its first secretary, Michael Christian Festing, in November 1738. The fund received patronage from George III, and it was incorporated by royal charter in 1790. Funds were raised by holding charity concerts, musical dinners, and music festival. Liszt gave his first concert in England for the benefit of the society in 1824, aged 12. It also held performances by Mendelssohn, Moscheles, and Dvořák. Meyerbeer, Liszt, and Clara Schumann all became members. A Society of Female Musicians was formed in 1840, but merged with the royal society in 1866. In the days before the welfare state, membership of the royal society guaranteed a degree of financial security to professional musicians. A second royal charter was granted in 1987, confirming its aims to support to all professional musicians (not just members) and their dependents who are in need through illness, disease or old age. HM King Charles III is Royal Patron of the Society and Dame Judith Weir DBE is President. References "History". The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain.: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) External links Royal Society of Musicians's website
Royal Society of Musicians

La Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain è una organizzazione di beneficenza nel Regno Unito che da supporto ai musicisti. È la più antica organizzazione di beneficenza legata alla musica in Gran Bretagna, fondata nel 1738 come "Fondo per musicisti in difficoltà" da un contratto fiduciario firmato da 228 musicisti, tra cui Edward Purcell (figlio maggiore di Henry Purcell), Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Dr. John Worgan, e Georg Friedrich Händel. Gestisce ancora un conto bancario presso la Drummonds Bank (ora parte della Royal Bank of Scotland) che fu aperto dal suo primo segretario, Michael Christian Festing, nel novembre del 1738. Il Fondo ricevette il patrocinio da Giorgio III e fu incorporato dalla Royal Charter nel 1790. Furono raccolti fondi tenendo concerti di beneficenza, cene con musica e festival musicali. Liszt diede il suo primo concerto in Inghilterra a beneficio della società nel 1824, all'età di 12 anni. Furono anche tenuti spettacoli da parte di Mendelssohn, Moscheles e Dvořák. Meyerbeer, Liszt e Clara Schumann tutti divennero membri. Nel 1840 fu costituita una Society of Female Musicians (Società di musiciste donne), ma nel 1866 si fuse con la Royal Society. In quei giorni precedenti lo stato sociale, l'appartenenza alla Royal Society garantiva un certo grado di sicurezza finanziaria ai musicisti professionisti. Una seconda Royal Charter fu concessa nel 1987, confermando il suo scopo di sostenere tutti i musicisti professionisti (non solo i membri) e i loro familiari a carico che avessero bisogno aiuto per infermità, malattia o vecchiaia. Note Bibliografia History, su royalsocietyofmusicians.co.uk, The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (archiviato dall'url originale il 17 settembre 2013). Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Royal Society of Musicians Collegamenti esterni Sito ufficiale, su royalsocietyofmusicians.org. Royal Society of Musicians Archiviato il 7 gennaio 2015 in Internet Archive.'s website
Royal South Hants Hospital

The Royal South Hants Hospital, known locally as "The RSH", is a community hospital in Southampton. It is managed by NHS Property Services. History The hospital was founded as the Royal South Hampshire Infirmary in 1835 and moved into its first premises in St Mary Street in 1838. It was initially a Voluntary hospital. The foundation stone for new premises in Fanshawe Street was laid on 10 July 1843. The hospital opened there in 1844. Joseph and William Bullar, doctors and brothers of children’s author Anne Bullar, funded additional wards for the hospital. These wards, named the Bullar Wards, were completed in 1851. The Eyre Crabbe Wing, located on the east side of the site, was completed in 1868. In 1896, another new wing, containing a further two wards and some operating theatres, was started, as well as some cottages to house patients with infectious diseases and a mortuary. This new wing was officially opened by Princess Henry of Battenberg on 7 February 1900 and named the Victoria Jubilee Wing. During World War II, Broadlands, the country home of Lord Mountbatten, was used as an annexe for the hospital. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. As part of a transfer of mental health services from Knowle Hospital, a psychiatry block was completed in 1979. The block closed in 2009. On 31 March 2007 management of the hospital was passed to Southampton City Primary Care Trust with several services transferring to Southampton General Hospital and the Princess Anne Hospital. In 2010 a new adult mental health unit called Antelope House was opened on the former Antelope Ground, housing 50 acute beds and 12 psychiatric intensive care beds. The hospital is heated as part of the Southampton District Energy Scheme network. Chapel St Paul's Chapel was completed in 1857. The chapel fell out of use in 1992. The Chapel is a Grade II listed building, as of 1981. See also List of hospitals in England References External links National Archives entries for the RSH Hospital Solent.NHS Trust University Hospital Southampton
Titley Pool

Titley Pool is a lake in Herefordshire, England. It is situated at Titley, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north west of the town of Kington. It is a naturally formed kettle lake which was enlarged into a reservoir by the construction of an earth embankment dam at its eastern end during the 18th century as part of the landscaping of the grounds of Eywood House Estate. The lake is one of the largest bodies of open water in the county of Herefordshire and an important wetland ornithological site. External links Herefordshire Nature Trust - Titley Pool Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Royal Spa Centre

The Royal Spa Centre is a Theatre in Leamington Spa, England. The Centre was officially opened on 15 June 1972 by Anthony Eden, one-time MP for Warwick and Leamington and Prime Minister. It was designed by the Architect Sir Frederick Gibberd and has two auditoria, the first of which is a traditional theatre which can hold 667 people. The second is a cinema which holds up to 188 and can be used to show films or as a small theatre space. Events As well as hosting productions by local theatre, music and arts groups, the centre also welcomes national and international acts. Concerts, dance, wrestling, variety shows, cinema and ballet have all been accommodated. The National Blood Service holds drop-in donation sessions and there are numerous fairs and exhibitions held too. In 2008 the World Powerlifting Championships were held there. There are also weekly activity groups for senior citizens. The cinema screen films that would not normally be seen at a multiplex, such as arthouse, subtitled or re-runs of popular films. Other facilities in the Centre include two bars licensed to sell alcohol and a small meeting room. Notable performers Some of the famous people to have performed at the venue are, Ken Dodd, Charlie Watts, Joan Collins, Jim Davidson, Mike Skinner, Derren Brown, The Incredible String Band, Alexei Sayle, Jimmy Carr, James Acaster and Chris Addison. External links Official website
Royal Surrey County Hospital

The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH) is a 520-bed district general hospital, located on the fringe of Guildford, run by the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Surrey has received excellent recognition by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with both Royal Surrey County Hospital and their maternity services rated outstanding. History The hospital has its origins in a facility at Farnham Road which opened in 1866. Before that there had been a dispensary, catering for the poor of Guildford, in a 16th century house in Quarry street from 1859 to 1866. The hospital moved to Egerton Road in Guildford and opened on 16 October 1978 as the Guildford District Hospital. The new hospital was officially opened by Elizabeth II in February 1981; following the closure of St Luke's Hospital, she returned to open the St Luke's Wing at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in February 1997. A successful campaign to save the Royal Surrey County Hospital from closure was launched in October 2006. Facilities It serves a population of 330,000 for general services and up to 2 million for cancer services. The Royal Surrey is also a specialist centre for diabetes, ENT and maxillo facial surgery. It is situated close to the University of Surrey's Manor Park campus, allowing it to offer opportunities for research and pioneering treatments such as fibroid embolisation, brachytherapy and minimal access surgery. The Royal Surrey County Hospital was one of the first NHS Trusts in 1991. It treats around 500,000 patients a year – 74,000 accident and emergency, 90,000 in-patients and day-patients and 336,000 outpatients. The Trust has 20 wards comprising general and specialist surgery, obstetrics, paediatrics, oncology, orthopaedics, general and specialist medicine, intensive care and coronary care, with 527 beds in total. There are 13 dedicated surgical theatres, one obstetric and one minor operations theatre and state of the art outpatient, audiology and rehabilitation departments. The trust has an aseptics unit which manufactures radiopharmaceuticals and other medication. It is licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. After the agency raised concerns about staffing, quality systems and documentation, production was suspended in November 2019. Guildford and Waverley Clinical Commissioning Group organised a programme of in-reach GPs in 2015, where GPs were placed in wards of the hospital reviewing patients who had been admitted and advising on possibilities for discharge. In 2017, work started on a new £4 million urology department in conjunction with the Prostate Project. In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trust built a 20 bed isolation ward in record time. Popular culture The Royal Surrey County Hospital was the inspiration for the PC game Theme Hospital by the local software house Bullfrog. See also List of hospitals in England List of NHS trusts References External links The Royal Surrey County Hospital – NHS Trust
Royal Tweed Bridge

Die Royal Tweed Bridge ist eine Straßenbrücke über den River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, die gebaut wurde, um die historische Berwick Bridge zu entlasten. Sie war ein Teil der A1 road von London nach Edinburgh, bis der Durchgangsverkehr in den 1980er Jahren über eine weiträumige Ortsumgehung weiter westlich und die A1 River Tweed Bridge geführt wurde. Seitdem hat sie vor allem örtliche Bedeutung; die über sie führende Straße ist zur A1167 herabgestuft worden. Beschreibung Die Brücke verbindet die Hochufer des Tweed und liegt daher auf einem höheren Niveau als die benachbarte Berwick Bridge. Sie ist 412,4 m lang und hat zwei Fahrspuren sowie zwei ca. 4,5 m breite Gehwege. Sie überquert den Fluss und eine Uferstraße mit vier flachen Bögen mit Stützweiten (von Süden nach Norden) von 50,1 + 74,4 + 95,5 + 108,5 m. Am südlichen Uferhang schließen sich drei und am nördlichen Uferhang zwei Felder mit Balkenbrücken an. Die Bögen bestehen jeweils aus vier parallelen Stahlbetonrippen, auf denen der Fahrbahnträger aufgeständert ist. Im Bogenscheitel berühren sich die Rippen und der Fahrbahnträger. Die Rippen des kürzesten Feldes sind aus massivem Beton, die anderen sind Hohlkästen. Der Fahrbahnträger besteht aus vier Längs- und einer Reihe von Querträgern, auf denen die Fahrbahnplatte liegt. In jedem Bogen ist ein diagonaler Windverband enthalten. Die Pfeiler und Widerlager sind aus unbewehrtem Beton. Geschichte Die Royal Tweed Bridge wurde von L.G. Mouchel & Partners und den Tragwerksplanern Charles Bressey and J. H. Bean entworfen und von Holloway Brothers in der Zeit von 1925 bis 1928 ausgeführt. L.G. Mouchel hatte als Lizenznehmer von François Hennebique den Stahlbeton in Großbritannien eingeführt. Zur Zeit der Eröffnung hatte die Royal Tweed Bridge den Betonbogen mit der größten Spannweite in Großbritannien und war gleichzeitig Großbritanniens längste Straßenbrücke. Die Royal Tweed Bridge wurde 2009 als Grade II* listed structure unter Denkmalschutz gestellt. Weblinks Luftaufnahme von 1928 mit Berwick Bridge, Royal Tweed Bridge und Royal Border Bridge auf rstools.info Einzelnachweise