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Miss Bines, Nursing Home. Cardiff

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 19 May 2014 22:32

No prizes for guessing what the 'illegal operation' was.....................

patchem

patchem Report 19 May 2014 18:44

Contact the local history society?

http://grangetownhistory.co.uk/

Christine

Christine Report 19 May 2014 17:10

Further to Londonbelle's find, there are other mentions of this case.

The Judge threw the case out:


Nottingham Evening Post Nottinghamshire, England

23 Feb 1933


Griffiths and Nurse Ada Alice Bines, of Cardiff, were found not guilty of a charge of performing illegal operation on a young woman named Gertrude Davies. When the verdict was announced,, women rushed forward amd practically carried Nurse Bines out of court

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 19 May 2014 16:47

British Phone Book

Name: Nurse Ada A Bines
Address: 10 St John's crea 0
Exchange: Cardiff
City/Town: Cardiff
Directory Title: Norwich / Essex / East Suffolk / East Hertfordshire / Reading / Oxford / Guildford / St Albans / Brighton / Tunbridge Wells / Canterbury / Southampton / Portsmouth / Bournemouth / Bristol / Exeter / Plymouth / South Wales / Gloucester
Publication Year: 1930
Directory County: Norfolk, Essex, Berkshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, Glamorganshire
Page Number: 13

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LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 19 May 2014 16:40

There appears to be a Newspaper Article about an Ada Bines in the GR Newspaper Collection but I don't have access to it as follows


Gloucester Citizen Gloucestershire, England

3 Feb 1933
FAINT IN COURT

ran from the dock to help her. Dr. Evan Henry Griffiths (42), stated to have a surgery in Corporation-road, Cardiff, and Ada Bines (55), described as principal of a nursing home at St. John's-cresecnt, Cardiff, were committed for trial on bail charged

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 19 May 2014 16:26

Trade Directories - Kelly's Directories - Stella and Roses Books
www.stellabooks.com/articles/trade_directories.php Cached
The format of production of Kelly's trade directory changed little over all this time ... KELLYS WESTERN MAIL DIRECTORY OF CARDIFF ... Kelly's Directories Ltd.. 1930.

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Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

viv82

viv82 Report 19 May 2014 16:15

I am trying to obtain information about this Nursing Home where my Aunt was born in 1930. It was based in 10 St. John's Crescent, Canton, Cardiff.

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Frayne James Jones Williams