Poster: Defend Our Hospitals
Object
Fabric
Production date
1983
Object number
2024.165
Physical Description
Rectangle poster, black background. Hand in white holding a red baton upright with a red flame coming out of it. White text top and bottom, with a logo in a red triangle at the bottom of the poster.
Object history
Poster created by Hackney Health Emergency to raise public awareness about the proposed closure of St Leonard's Hospital in Hoxton / Shoreditch. This poster was to promote a torchlight march in December 1983.
Associated Event
Associated Organisation
Hackney Health Emergency (Produced for)
Associated Person
Whittles, Louise (Made by)
Associated Place
Material
Paper
Dimension
Height: 597mm
Width: 417mm
Width: 417mm
Exhibition Label
From '1980s People Power: The Campaign to Save St Leonard's Hospital'
This event led to the occupation of St Leonard’s Hospital.
A torch lit vigil was organised for 19 December 1983. Campaigners met outside St Leonard’s Hospital and marched to Addison House in Shoreditch where a crucial local District Health Authority meeting was taking place which would decide the future of healthcare in the City of London and Hackney.
Most of the District Health Authority’s members were appointed by the Regional Health Authority, and three were appointed by Hackney Council. They decided to close St Leonard’s, The Mothers’ and The German hospitals in Hackney, and St Matthew’s Hospital in Islington.
This event led to the occupation of St Leonard’s Hospital.
A torch lit vigil was organised for 19 December 1983. Campaigners met outside St Leonard’s Hospital and marched to Addison House in Shoreditch where a crucial local District Health Authority meeting was taking place which would decide the future of healthcare in the City of London and Hackney.
Most of the District Health Authority’s members were appointed by the Regional Health Authority, and three were appointed by Hackney Council. They decided to close St Leonard’s, The Mothers’ and The German hospitals in Hackney, and St Matthew’s Hospital in Islington.
On display?
No
Inscription
Defend Our Hospitals
Torchlight March
Dec'19 [19 December 1983]
Rally 2.30pm at
St Leonards.
March to the Health Authority.
Chart St, E1
Hackney Health Emergency
Torchlight March
Dec'19 [19 December 1983]
Rally 2.30pm at
St Leonards.
March to the Health Authority.
Chart St, E1
Hackney Health Emergency
