morningside mirror 06.2013
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tmrgsmrrrSummer 2013
Morningside Mirrorwas a magazine
published by patients and staff at theRoyal Edinburgh Hospital between the
years 1845 and 1974. This new edition
ofThe Mirror is part of Artlinkscontribution to examining the Royal
Edinburghs 200 year-long history during
the hospital-wide bicentenary celebrations
this year. If you would like to nd out more
about this and other related projects, call:
Anne or Trevor on ext. 46127
Ctrtrs ts ss:Kirsten Lloyd
Trevor Cromie
Anne Elliot
Grace OHara
Laura Spring
Alex Wilde
Tom Arnott
Claire Barclay
Mark Dion
200
yearsB I C E N T E N A R Y E D I T I O N
Frontcover:REH
basketweaving,occupationaltherapyinth
e1950s
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WITH Trevor CromIe
Programme Producer
To get us started, Trevor Cromiegave us the lowdown on EverPresent Past a programmeof fascinating talks, creative
workshops, an exhibition atthe Talbot Rice Gallery, andfun events, all run by Artlink.
Over the course of the year theactivities are building up anddigging deep to uncover theeveryday stories, creative talentsand hidden experiences that makethe Royal Edinburgh Hospital whatit is today.
The programme has been designedaround the diverse interests of allthose who make up and contributeto the community here. For those of
you with an interest in the historyand work of the hospital there aretalks on the life of the poet RobertFergusson, patients experiencesthrough the ages, and outsiderart, as well as an imaginativetake on the future of psychiatric
care.
Or perhaps you want to exploreyour own talents? Then why nottry out one of the art workshops
which run throughout the week atthe Glasshouses, or join one of thesinging groups?
If you fancy playing a part insomething even bigger then therea chance to use your detective skilto help collect objects and storiesfor an ambitious new artworkcommemorating the hospitalshistory.
Whats more, the Ever Present Pasprogramme is open to everyoneconnected to the hospital. Whether
youre a patient or former patienta current or a past member of stafa relative or a neighbour, or if you
just have an interest in the historyof this fascinating place, then we
want to hear from you.
As Trevor says, its going to be avery interesting year!
The Royal
EdinburghHospitalis 200
years old!
Welcome to this special
edition of the MorningsideMirror. Were celebratingthe hospitals bicentenaryand inside youll ndstories about the plansthat will make 2013a year to remember.
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FIND OUT MORE
To nd out more abouttalks, events and
exhibitions contact
Trevor Cromie:
Ext: 46127Email: [email protected]:www.artlinkeverpresentpast.wordpress.com
1 REH ground plans.
2 Patients at Craig House
making sandbags circa1920.
3 The audience for 1,000voices by Jo McFarlane
and Dr Alan Beveridge.
4 Talk on the poet RobertFergusson by Professor
Ronnie Jack FRSE FEA.
5 Professor Ronnie Jack
FRSE FEA.
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WITH Anne ellIoT And
GrACe oHArA
Back in Anne Elliotshothouse of creativityeveryone is talking about
the fete. This year well berevisiting an old hospitaltradition and staging a
parade theres even talkof getting a piper in.
Grace has been busy workingaway trying to nish herhuge fabric banner in timeand she kindly showed usher progress so far. Beautifulpaintings of owers tell thestory of her recovery in theRoyal Edinburghs Meadows
Ward.
On one side, heathersymbolises her early feelingsof loss and solitude while theLily of the Valley oppositerepresents her return tohappiness. In the centreshe has drawn pictures ofa special day out in NorthBerwick alongside one of theregular tea parties organised
by Julie Sutherland.
Entirely handmade, itssure to be a spectacularcentrepiece for the daysfestivities.
But the fete is only one part ofthe story. Anne is determinedto make sure that patientsartworks make a big splashthroughout the bicentenarycelebrations There are plansto have the fantastic creationsproduced in her workshopsturned into a commemorativeset of professionally-producedprints.
Shes also looking for newways to display paintings,
prints and sculpturesthroughout the hospital andaround the local community.So look out for artworksappearing on walls, billboardsand even in the windows oflocal houses.
SUMMER 2013 | The Morningside Mirror
Making aSplash
1 Anne andGrace.
2 Nurses byGuiseppe.
3 Bannerby Maggie.
4 Bannerby Joan.
5 Bannerby Guiseppe.
WE NEED YOU TOJOIN OUR PARADE!We are looking for people to help make props for this
years Special Bicentenary Summer Fete in August
and also to participate in the parade.
We need your help to make banners, mini oats and
costumes. Do you play a musical instrument
and would like to lead the parade?
Or maybe you would just like to march
in the parade?
Parade Props workshops will take
place every Tuesday morning in the
Glasshouses 10.30 - 12pm starting on
4th June through until the Fete.
Be you designer or performer wewant to hear from you.
Get in touch with Anne.
0131 537 [email protected]
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WITH lAurA SprInG
Gathering together drawingsand doodles, testing out printingtechniques, embroidery andsewing patterns, Laura Springhas certainly been busy.
Did you see her textile caf whenit popped up in the Link Gallery atthe beginning of the year? Well, its
back, and this time she has the artistLaura Aldridge working with her.
Theyre planning to expand theenterprise and tell us that the caf
will be popping up in wards and inthe Glasshouses over the summermonths. Individual creativity kits
will also be sent out to staff andpatients who prefer to work in theirown time.
Laura and Laura rst foundinspiration looking through thearchives where they discoveredclay pipes, cups and embroideriesemblazoned with the REH coat ofarms. Now they are on the huntfor ideas that can be worked upinto high quality products whichcommemorate the hospitals history.To explain what they mean, we takea look at Maggies sketches of owls.
Set into a repeat pattern and printonto fabric, the results already looincredibly professional but theresmore to come. The next stage is totry sewing it up into a tablecloth o
a footstool.
They plan to create a wide selectioof affordable handmade items whi
will be displayed at the Talbot RiceGallery in November. Perhaps asimple drawing by a member of st
will end up printed on a t-shirt, ora painting produced in one of thei
workshops will be transformed inthe design for a set of dinner plateOne things for sure, if Maggies rexperiments are anything to go bythe merchandise is sure to sell likehotcakes.
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DoodlingAway
1 Textile cafe
workshop.
2 Textile cafe
workshop.
3 Owl print by
Maggie Rose.
4 Textile cafe
workshop.
5 Textile cafe
workshop.
6 A bed pan with
REH coatof arms.
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WITH Alex WIlde
Did you know that there are threenew singing groups at the RoyalEdinburgh?
First we have the new staff choirwhich has started to meet for aquick musical blast on Tuesdaylunchtimes between 12.30pm and1pm at The Glasshouses.
Then theres The Orchard CLinicgroup. And last, but certainly notleast, the Heart and Soul Singsters,
who have already staged their rstlive performance.
Looking sensational in matchingbright red t-shirts and accompaniedby John Grieve on guitar, theirfavourite tunes include hits by TheBeatles, Eric Clapton and The Kinks.
Lots more concerts are plannedincluding a mass sing together withother choirs from across Edinburghat the Talbot Rice Gallery in Juneand special performances at the fete.
Theyre always looking for peoplewho like to sing for fun, so if youfancy having a go yourself, popalong to the Glasshouses on Tuesdayafternoons between 3pm and 4pm.
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SingingTogether
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1 A mock sta
choir.
2 Heart & So
Singsters
concert.
3 Heart & So
Singstersconcert.
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Tuesday afternoons
between 3pm and 4pm.
At the Glasshouses.
All welcome!
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital singing group the Heart and Soul Singsters join forces withthe Edinburgh University Music Society chorus for a mass sing in the Georgian Gallery.Part of the Ever Present Past programme celebrating 200 years of the hospital, the masssing will be a fun event to experiment with the acoustics of the gallery and for people toexperience singing as part of a big group.
There will be an open rehearsal to practise the songs we will be singing at the event whichanyone is welcome to join. If you cant make the rehearsal everyone attending the publicperformance will be welcome to sing or hum along.
The Ever Present Past project at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital is developed and coordinated by Artlink. The
project explores the history of the Hospital through a series of talks, events and workshops and artist placements
throughout 2013 the Hospitals bi-centenary year will culminate in a public exhibition at the Talbot Rice Gallery
from November 2013 to January 2014.
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Open rehearsal: 5.30 - 6.30pmPublic performance: 7 - 8pmContact Alex on ext 46127
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WITH Tom ArnoTT
Tom Arnott has workedat the Royal Edinburghfor over two decades.
As well as being theOperations Managerhes also something ofan expert on the historyof the hospital.
What does 2013 meanto you?
200 years ago on the19th of July 1813, the rstpatient was admitted here.The hospital became a
pioneering centre for thetreatment of psychiatricillness and this year werecelebrating this incrediblehistory.
Can you give us a avourof whats coming up?
A lot of activities willhappen in July tocommemorate the dateof this rst admission.Bunting willdecorate thegrounds and
were planninga special lunchfor staff andpatients.
Watch out for the partyboxes which will be sent
out to each ward.
In the main corridora special exhibition ofhuge portraits of pastmedical superintendents including the founder
Andrew Duncan willmake a big visual impact.
At the same time wellbe transforming a roomopposite the shop into anopen archive where youcan nd intriguing (andsometimes controversial)
artefacts that reveal whatlife would have been likefor people here in daysgone by.
Over the course of theyear well also be hostingbarbecues in the gardens,talks and a Royal visit. Thentheres the fete its goingto be bigger, brighter and
better than ever this year...
The list goes on!
Theres more?
Yes, much more. Weve se
ourselves the challengeof photographing everymember of staff. The ideato produce a record of 201so that people can look baon us in 200 years time.
All the staff will get a copyof this book together witha bicentenary mementoand a certicate.
In the last issue of theMorningside Mirror weasked if anyone knewanything about the stonCan you help us out?
Ah yes, thats the MonarcStone. Originally it wouldhave stood in the old villaof Tipperlin. Edinburgh foused to holiday here to geaway from the stale air ofthe Old Town!
1660 is the date that themonarchy was restored tpower following the puritregime of Oliver Cromwel
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The HospitalCelebrates
in Style
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1 Talk on nursing
in the REH.
2 An exercise
class at theAndrew
Duncan Clinic
circa 1960.
3 Andrew
Duncan circa1790.
4 A signpainted by
Maggie in the
Glasshouses.
5 Tailors
scissors withthe REH coat
of arms.
6 1660 Monarch
Stone.
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Throughout the week the packed
programme includes music, exhibitions,
a talk, objects from the archive on
display, the famous Glasshouses picnic
and ward parties throughout the hospital
on the Friday.
Staff photographs and presentation of
souvenirs will also take place this week.
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WITH ClAIre BArClAy
How does an artist goabout creating new workfor an exhibition? ClaireBarclay has been runningart workshops in theGlasshouses for nearlytwo years.
Now shes been asked to drawupon her experiences andproduce a new sculpture fordisplay at the Talbot RiceGallery.
But where to start? For Claire,the answer is simple: she
wants to play. She tells us thatits when shes working with
patients, messing aroundwith materials or exploring
the hospital grounds andarchives that the sparks ofideas begin to y. So shell
be spending the next sixmonths working with a fewlike-minded participantson a one-to-one basis.
This process of exchangingideas and sharing inspiration
will help to inform thedevelopment of Clairesambitious new sculpture
which will be exhibited at theEver Present Past exhibition
at the Talbot Rice Galleryin November.
200Years200ObjectsA feW WordS ABouT mArk dIon
Over the coming months the NewYork-based artist Mark Dion
will work with a team of peopleto gather together 200 objects torepresent each year of the RoyalEdinburgh Hospitals history.
Of course theyll be plunderingthe ofcial collections, but theyrealso on the hunt for items that you
wouldnt normally see in a museu
The rst hospital charter,memorable characters from last
years Gnome Olympics, patientsartworks and even the RoyalEdinburgh potato, will all feature
in the collection.To keep us on our toes Mark willalso be making his own objects toadd into the mix. The nal selectio
will be brought together for theexhibition at the Talbot Rice Gallercapping off a fantastic year ofcreative celebration.
SUMMER 2013 | The Morningside Mirror
Workand Play
1 Biscuits,James
McLardy and
the Tuesdaygroup.
2 Hospital farm
model, Claire
Barclay andthe Tuesday
group.
3 Hospital farm
model, ClaireBarclay and
the Tuesday
group.
4 Bird sculpture,Gary.
5 Clay workshop,
JamesMcLardy andthe Tuesday
Group.
6 Artist, Mark
Dion.
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We are looking for detectives to help us to
unearth the 200 year history of the Royal
Edinburgh Hospital. We would like you to
suggest a number of different objects which
you think represent each year of the REHs
200 year history.
It could be a nurses uniform from 1973,
a letter from a relative in hospital in 1945
or a newpaper cutting from 1923. Its up
to you. All we need are the objects and the
stories attached.
These objects will form an artwork by Mark
Dion, which will tell the wider story of the
Royal Edinburgh Hospital. The exhibition
will be at the Talbot Rice Gallery November
2013 to February 2014.
Contact us on 537 6127 or, if you arein the hospital, ext 46127Email: [email protected] just drop by the Glasshouses at the REH