ALL OUR YESTERDAYS Women took lead roles at dawn of NHS

charge of the chest clinic and correct children’s eyesight in the orthoptic department. Few men are to be seen. Most doctors would have been male, but Prof Doyle says there were actually very few doctors in hospitals at this period.

Prof Doyle now believes there is an opportunity for health historians to reappraise the roles and status of women in early 20th century hospitals and he hopes to carry out further research.

He acknowledges that men did begin to exert predominance in healthcare technology.

He said: “As more and more doctors become involved in regular hospital work on a full-time basis they tend to take over the limelight in these new technologies and new ways of doing medicine. Heroic male doctors take over the narrative of the medicalisation of healthcare.” OVER the past couple of months we have featured All Our Yesterdays specials featuring old Huddersfield postcards.

We hope you have enjoyed them and here are a couple more to whet the appetite for the next supplement.

All have been provided by Alan Bower from Lepton who has been collecting and dealing in both old and modern postcards most of his life.

Alan has had eight books published on the subject.

He is always looking to buy cards of the Huddersfield area and especially wants any of Lepton, specifically the railway station and industry.

He is at Holmfirth Market most Saturdays where he sells his artwork and A4 photos of old local views.

Alan can be contacted on 01484 310605 or 07806 791413.