Many of us didn’t know what to do with ourselves when Margery’s Sound Of Music Through The Square Window ended. It went on for 72 days and made local and national news. Simon Emmerson’s video tells the story . . .
Photography: Jamie Dawson and Simon Emmerson.
Editing: Simon Emmerson
Music used with permission: Zorbing by Stornoway, Cascade (Mass re-mix) by The Afro Celt Sound System, Let’s See What The Earth Has To Say by Emma Gale.
#Broadwindsor #StaySafe #Lockdown #Memories #Music
Toni Rodway and her team from The Painted Nail, a unit at Broadwindsor Craft Centre have their fingers crossed for reopening in July! Their booking site is open. (Your appointment will be rescheduled if the government advises prolonged closure.)
A small salon, Toni has issued a list of actions they will be taking in order to comply with procedures.
“We will be putting in place:
💫Adequate time between appointments to sterilise and to practice social distancing
💫Relevent PPE to be worn by staff and clients to wear masks please bring your own if you have one (we can provide disposable ones if needed)
💫Colour swatches to be looked at but not touched
💫Unfortunately no refreshments except bottled water
💫Staff will text you the day before your appointment and you will receive your normal email reminder
💫PLEASE let us know if you cannot attend we will have a big cancellation list I’m sure!
💫Clean towel and new file per client
💫Staff will wear necessary PPE
💫Like shops we preferably want to take card
💫Entrance and Exit separate
💫Tips always welcome😜 but into sanitised pots
💫Preferably contactless payment
💫Please write down your next appointment in your diary or wait for email confirmation as we cannot handout appointment cards
💫PLEASE IF YOU FEEL UNWELL OR SHOW ANY SIGNS OF COVID 19 DON’T ATTEND, BUT LET IS KNOW
💫You can book online but please be aware we have limited appointments and half the staff available also staff days/times have changed!
💫No magazines or leaflets/price list will be handed out
💫Wash hands on arrival, when leaving and use hand sanitiser available
💫Desks, chairs and equipment will be fully sterilised/disinfected
💫No coat stand
💫Please turn up on time, not early or late. We cannot have people waiting within the salon
💫Turn up alone
💫If you have a specific design/product please try and advise before coming
💫Please keep belongings/phones/keys in your pocket or bag not on the desk
💫If you require a patch test for a pre booked appointment please contact us so we can arrange this for you
Please don’t be put off by this to attend your appointment, understand we have to comply in order to open and keep everyone (staff and clients) well. Although I’m sure we all will be well practised in all procedures by the time we open. This message is to reassure not frighten.”
Book your appointment HERE. Your appointment will be rescheduled if the government advises prolonged closure.
#StaySafe #StayPretty
Born on this day in her namesake town in Italy 1820, Florence Nightingale changed the way nurses were perceived during her time, raising the standards for nursing, and educating nurses.
A woman of great achievements beyond the Crimean war, she was a scientist, a data-gatherer, a writer, a trainer, a manager, an organizer, an analyst, and a campaigner.
From 1857 onwards, Florence was often confined to bed by spondylitis pain or depression caused by brucellosis. In 1859, Florence completed her book Notes on Nursing, the founding work of modern nursing. In 1860 she was elected the first woman Fellow of the Statistical Society and had laid the foundation of modern, professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas’ Hospital in London (now part of King’s College London).
In 1883, Florence received the Royal Red Cross from Queen Victoria and in 1907, she became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit.
Refusing several marriage proposals, Florence never married nor had any children. Florence died of heart failure in her bed at her London home on August 13th 1910 at 90 years old. Her wishes to leave her body to science were ignored and she was laid to rest at St Margaret’s Church at East Wellow, Hampshire.
International Nurses’ Day has been recognised in the UK since 1965. (President Dwight D. Eisenhower refused to approve a “Nurses’ Day” in 1953). It was in January 1974, when 12 May was chosen to celebrate the day as it is the anniversary of Florence’s birthday. (In 1998, 8 May was designated as annual National Student Nurses’ Day.)
Each year a service is held in Westminster Abbey in London. During the Service, a symbolic lamp is taken from the Nurses’ Chapel in the Abbey and handed from one nurse to another, thence to the Dean, who places it on the High Altar. This represents the passing of knowledge from one nurse to another. A service is also held for her the first Sunday following her birthday at her burial ground.
Today’s Sound of Music Through the Square Window will be dedicated to Florence Nightingale and all the nurses and care workers operating now during these restrictive times. #StayAtHome #StaySafe
