Christmas was a special time. All the residents, apart from those on leave or ill, dined on Christmas Day with the attendants and nurses and some of the younger members of the Langdon Down family in attendance. There was a tradition of Christmas celebrations at which every resident received a personal gift from Dr and […]
Find out more »Volunteer Visits to the Langdon Down Museum
A number of reciprocal volunteer visits have been organised as part from the Partnership for Excellence West London: Volunteering project. Tour of Langdon Down Museum of Disability and Normansfield Theatre Monday 30th November 2015 | 3.00pm – 5.00pm If you are a volunteer in a museum, gallery or building please come to our volunteer event. […]
Find out more »Betty Muriel Green (1900 – 1961)
By Gill Levy A photo of Betty as a baby with her brothers and sisters. In this 1901 photograph, the baby clearly has Down’s syndrome. It is my 20 year-old grandmother holding her. My Great Aunt Betty was the youngest child of Michael and Netta Green. Her eldest sister (my grandmother) was already 20 when Betty was born. […]
Find out more »Memories of the Daughter of a Normansfield Bookkeeper
By Gillian Murray (née Anderson) I used to go to Normansfield every week at least a couple of times in the middle of the day to eat my packed lunch in the lovely grounds of the place. My mother, Mrs Anderson, worked as a book keeper in the main administrative office for many years, from […]
Find out more »Memories of a Nursing Assistant 1972
By Sheila Clarke (nee Stewart) It was early 1972 and I was 19 when I became a nursing assistant on South Wing. I remember the shock of the smell that first morning, it was eye watering. This was my first proper job and I was keen to impress, hoping to train as a nurse and […]
Find out more »Memories of Normansfield 1982 to 1985
By Juliet Huntington (née Eadie) I grew up in Teddington and worked at Normansfield from 1982 until 1985 within the Occupational Therapy department in my early twenties. The closure of Normansfield was overdue. However this does not recognise that at the end it was a forward thinking establishment too, with much ground breaking work enabling […]
Find out more »Langdon Down Centre – November & December 2015
U3A Shared Learning Project 2016
Project for 2016: The history of Normansfield’s buildings Exploring the history of Normansfield’s buildings and their rooms, we will research the development of the site from 1868. When and why were they built, at what cost, when demolished, what used for through the years, who lived and worked in them. We will create site maps, […]
Find out more »Normansfield – Protecting a Theatrical Past
We have been continuing with our ‘Normansfield – Protecting a Theatrical Past’ project and have now almost completed the external drainage work to both sides of our basement area where our scenery storage rack is based. The drainage team opened and repaired the existing drainage channels and have now connected and installed a sump pump. […]
Find out more »Langdon Down, The Legacy
World Down Syndrome Congress 2015 19-21 August 2015 Chennai, India Participants from countries across the globe meet, share knowledge, experiences and perhaps open new frontiers in improving the lives of people with Down’s syndrome. The Congress focuses on Panchtatvas – Social Awareness & Self Determination, Health, Education & Employment, Support System, Rights and the Law for people with […]
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