More from John Price
The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park – ‘Mother, I saved him… but could not save myself’
Recounts the story of Solomon Gellman, aged eleven, who was run down and killed on Commercial Street in 1901 while trying to save his little brother from being injured.
The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park, A Brave Physician
Recounts the story of Samuel Rabbeth, a doctor at the Royal Free Hospital in Barnet, who, in 1884, lost his life while attempting to save a child in his care.
Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park – Fire at the Laundry
Recounts the story of Amelia Kennedy who, in 1871, died in a fire at her home in Edwards Lane, Stoke Newington, while trying to save other members of her family.
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
The pioneering female doctor set up this hospital for women in the nineteenth century against fierce opposition.
