Casualty 1907

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This being a BBC period drama, which usually are very accurate, there was one point that I found ludicrus, in 1907 there was no way that there would be a Indian nurse, this is no way a racialy motivated thread, just a go at the PC brigade who obviously woudnt want to upset the minorities.
 
Bloodknut said:
This being a BBC period drama, which usually are very accurate, there was one point that I found ludicrus, in 1907 there was no way that there would be a Indian nurse, this is no way a racialy motivated thread, just a go at the PC brigade who obviously woudnt want to upset the minorities.
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Do you have any facts to back this up?

I've seen Robin Hood, there was a black man in that! Way before 1907
 
Bloodknut said:
This being a BBC period drama, which usually are very accurate, there was one point that I found ludicrus, in 1907 there was no way that there would be a Indian nurse, this is no way a racialy motivated thread, just a go at the PC brigade who obviously woudnt want to upset the minorities.
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Why not, India was part of the Empire then and plenty came over during that time.
 
It's probably fairly accurate. There were immigrants in the UK at the time and some of them would have been what is considered to be middle class vocations.
BBC Press Office said:
Each one-hour episode of Casualty 1907 uses case notes, ward reports, autopsy records and diaries to bring actual doctors, nurses and patients at The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, vividly back to life.
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Bryn Higgins (Series Producer) said:
The London Hospital has a wonderful archive. Researchers looked through piles of ward reports - weekly reports written up by sisters on the wards - autopsy reports and case notes. As a result we use the names of real doctors and nurses from the times
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This guy was a solicitor in the 1900s.

From the middle of the 18th century, we find more references to Indians in Britain as businesspeople, students, servants and Lascars. The latter were sailors recruited in India, who frequently arrived on the ships of the East India Company, and became a common sight around British ports. Many Indians also arrived in Britain as servants to employees of the Company or the British Raj.

From the 1840s, well-to-do Indians began to arrive in greater numbers as students, because a British qualification had become essential for finding employment at the higher levels of the Indian civil service. Some students attended university, often Oxford or Cambridge, and others were sent to gain professional qualifications.
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from here. Educate yo'self :)
 
Bloodknut said:
This being a BBC period drama, which usually are very accurate, there was one point that I found ludicrus, in 1907 there was no way that there would be a Indian nurse, this is no way a racialy motivated thread, just a go at the PC brigade who obviously woudnt want to upset the minorities.
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Your simplicity in blaming the PC brigade for anything is further demonstrated in your failure to understand that there were immigrants in all sorts of professions back then.
 
Really enjoyed the show. I really like medical history, and the beeb tend to do this sort of thing really well, and very accurately. Saying that though, they always seem to add some sort of slushy drama side story to it. I suppose it'd be a bit dry and depressing otherwise! London was a pretty appauling place in those days.
 
Bloodknut said:
This being a BBC period drama, which usually are very accurate, there was one point that I found ludicrus, in 1907 there was no way that there would be a Indian nurse, this is no way a racialy motivated thread, just a go at the PC brigade who obviously woudnt want to upset the minorities.
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You FAIL big time.

Long live The British Empire.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
Off topic if I remember correctly they filmed some of that here in Liverpool University lol..
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Well, the old Royal Infirmary which is part of the University's admin dept now.
A quick bit of trivia. The hospital was designed after consultation with Florence Nightingale
 
From The Old Bailey Online:

"In 1841 less than two thirds of the capital's inhabitants had been born there. Jews, Blacks, Chinese, Indians, Poles, Frenchmen and Italians were common figures on the streets of London."
 
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