Dorothy Bannon
Dorothy Bannon, CBE (7 June 1885 – 1 February 1940) was a pioneering British nurse who as Chief Matron-in-Charge of the Hospital and School Nursing Service of the London County Council. She was instrumental in the development of Britain's public-funded nursing service. Early life Dorothy Edith Bannon was born on 7 June 1885 in New Romney, Kent, England to Kate (née Mann) and James Norman Bannon. She entered her nurse's training at the Nightingale School of Nursing under Matron Alicia Lloyd Still in 1913, completing her course in 1916. At her graduation, she was awarded the medal for proficiency in the theory and practice. Career Bannon began her career as a ward sister of St Thomas' Hospital and in 1918 received a Cowdray scholarship from the College of Nursing to study nurse's teaching at King's College of Household and Social Science after completing the one-year course, the dean requested that she be allowed to continue for an additional year to study public health. In ...
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New Romney, Kent
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, with the harbour adjacent to the church, but is now more than a mile from the sea. A mooring ring can still be seen in front of the church. It is the headquarters of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Geography New Romney is not significantly different in age from the nearby village of Old Romney. However New Romney, now about a mile and a half from the seafront, was originally a harbour town at the mouth of the River Rother. The Rother estuary was always difficult to navigate, with many shallow channels and sandbanks. The names of two local settlements, Greatstone and Littlestone, are a reminder of these aids. Another possible explanation for these place-names is a result of the effects of longshore drift, which disperses shingl ...
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