Morningside Mirror 07.2011

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Contributors to 07.2011 edition:

Jeanette Bell, Anne Elliot, Nicolas Party &

Ciara Phillips.

themorningsidemirror07.2011 edition

Morningside Mirror was a magazinepublished by patients and sta at the

Royal Edinburgh Hospital betweenthe years o 1845 and 1974. This

new edition o The Mirror is part oArtlinks contribution to examining the

Royal Edinburghs 200 year-long historyin the lead up to the hospital-wide

Bicentenary commemoration in 2013.

I you would like to fnd out more aboutthis and other related projects call Alex,

Anne or Ciara at Artlink on ext. 46127.


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Dear Mirror Readers,

Read on to nd out

more about all the

activities planned forthis years spectacular

Summer Fete...

1 Medical students

rom the University o

Edinburgh won the

2010 Veggie Animal

Competition with their

spectacular girae.

2 Beanbag-on-the-

head race.

3 Keep and eye out or

Eilidh and her ukelele.

4 Veggie penguin and

chick.

5 Annual Sports at the

Royal Edinburgh in

1941.

The fete is growing inmomentum year-by-year and

all the Hospital communityare coming together to makeit a fantastic event for you,your family and friends. Socome along and join in the funon Friday 12th August letsmake it a day to remember!

The Royal Edinburghs SummerFete is part of a longstandingtradition of annual events atthe Hospital. In days gone bythe Royal Edinburgh used tohave Annual Games. Heresan excerpt from an old editionof the Morningside Mirror

(Vol. XCVI, March-April 1941)where you can see just whatkind of sporting events usedto take place.

GET INVOLVED

If you have any last minuteideas to contribute to the fete,or if you want to nominatea talented individual to beproled in the next edition

of the Mirror contact Artlinkon ext. 46127.

12.08.20111

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ThINGs TO LOOk fOrwarD

TO aT ThIs yEars

summEr

fETE...This year at the Summer Fetethere are lots of activities foryou to take part in. There willbe music and entertainment,stalls and rafes, games and

races. Many things includingEast Links Family Park pettingzoo, hula hooping and theRoyal Edinburghs own 118guy (known in his free time asAnthony Schrag) will be backby popular demand!

At Artlink were workingenthusiastically with EttrickWard, Orchard Clinic and theYPU to make banners and signs,screenprinted bags and t-shirtsand a tailor made game of mini-golf all for the day of the fete.

Weve heard rumours thatthe Hive will be inviting youto Chuck-a-Duck, and if youfancy your luck at Beat theGoalie, Geoff Hunter goalieextraordinaire will be backin goals again this year.

Here are some great picturesof last years fete taken by AnneElliot to get you in the spirit foranother super day. Lets hope

the weather will be justas accommodating.

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6 The Cyrenians will

be selling potatoes

and onions grown in

the Royal Edinburgh

Community Gardens

own plot.

7 Eagle owl.

8 The Patients Library

book sale. Pick up a

bargain summer read.

9 Emcee Tom Arnott.

10 Growing Spaces

signs.

11 Hula hooping is un

and keeps you t!

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12 Anthony Schrag

will be inviting you all

to take part in the egg

& spoon, dressing-up

relay and beanbag-on-

the-head races again

this year.

13 Mike Brown

manning North Wings

coconut shy.

14 Egg & spoon races.

15 The Growing

Competition is back on

tastiest tomatoes and

tallest sunfowers will

be judged on the day.

Here are last years

judges Jenny Simpson

and Ruth Barr.

16 Craigleas stall.

17 Line dancers.

18 Prize winners.

EGG + sPOON

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ThE rOyaL

EDINBurGhs GOT

TaLENT

This year at the Royal Edinburgh were celebrating your talents.

For this issue of the Mirror weve interviewed David Cummings,Emma Lewis and Norrie Sloan. Read on to nd out more about

the people you thought you knew.

GET IN TOuCh

Can you think of a talented individual at the Royal Edinburghwho you would like to nominate to be featured in the nextissue of the Mirror? Contact Artlink on ext. 46127 oremail [email protected]

Do you recognize number 17?Its Norrie Sloan, the RoyalEdinburghs OccupationalTherapy Technical Instructorin Woodwork. Norrie hasworked at the Hospital for 26years and for most of that timehis workshop has been locatedon the lower ground level ofthe Andrew Duncan Clinic.

When hes not at work,Norries main pastime is sport,It always has been and stillis. He plays golf at GlencorseGolf Club in Penicuik and playsbadminton at the East LothianBadminton Club That takesup most of my time, he states.His passion for sport startedwhen he was at school.I played everything football,athletics, rugby, basketball andI was always on the rst team.

Greatest sportingachievement? When I was 16 Iplayed on the Scottish NationalBasketball team. We travelledthroughout England, Walesand Ireland and playing forScotland was a highlight.

Worst sporting moment?I took up tennis at school.

I bought a wooden racket asit was the only one I couldafford, and decided to enterthe school championship. Inthe rst round I was up against

the schools reigning championwho was three years olderthan me. Needless to say Igot beaten 6-0, 6-0. I can stillremember his name JamesDougall Ill never forget it.

Sporting hero? That wouldbe Jimmy Conners. I likedhis attitude.

David has been a talented golfer since he was a young child.He rst became interested in the sport when he was six years

old and he began to play when he was eight. He bought a singlesecond-hand club, an old clieke, and rst played at Bruntseld

Links and then at Duddingston Golf Club where he was ajunior member.

When I was eight, my Dad tookme to Muirfeld and I asked JackNicklaus or his autograph. Hesaid no because he was too

busy, but Gary Player gave mehis autograph instead.

In the years following his early introduction to golf, David playedat school and won lots of championships saying that he used tobring other golfers almost to tears, I always used to win and itjust sickened other players to the core.

When David was seventeen he moved away from his home townof Edinburgh to Woking in Surrey to play golf professionally.He did very well in professional championships, winning theSurrey Assistants Championship in 1975 and the East ofScotland Alliance at Mortonhall golf course in 1977. The mostfamous golfer he has ever played with was Sandy Lyle...

I played with him in aqualiying round or the 1975British Open at Carnoustie. Lylemade it through but I didntdespite my best eorts!

When asked if he has a favourite golfer, David cites RoryMcIlroy, the 21 year old from Northern Ireland who has justwon the U.S. Open. Hes incredible and he started at the sameage as me. There have been two important people for David inhis training as a golfer the rst was John Thorne, his boss at

Woking Golf Club, He was a task master but he was fair. He wasalways on to me but in the end I liked him. and especially thegolfer Patrick Tallack, He did everything, he was a professionalat Weybridge, he taught the blind how to golf and he taught allover the world.

As a parting comment David reects upon the recent passing of

the superstar golfer Seve Ballesteros, If more golfers could belike him, it would be a better game.

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Emma Lewis, tell us whatyou do here at the Royal Ed.Im the Hospitals OperationsSupport Manager I managethe majority of the REASadministrative services andI also coordinate projects inthe hospital such as trying toget broadband internet intoall the wards for patient use(people might be interested tohear that!).

A little birdie told us thatyoure a dab hand at origami...Yes, thats trueand Im also an avid gamesplayer. Ive been playing sinceI was about 10 years old.My rst games console was a

SEGA Megadrive and I had afavourite game called Busby Busby was a cat who travelleddifferent levels collecting ballsof wool ha!

Whats your favourite gamenow?Without a doubt myfavourite game is Red DeadRedemption imagine GrandTheft Auto but Wild West Style.Its a multi-player game so Iplay it with people from all overthe world. I dont think therewill ever really be a game thatwill top it its SO good!

Tell us a bit about your

origami.A lot of my friendsare into card-making but Idont like it because its toomessy glue and glitter are abad combination so I got intoorigami. A friend dragged meto Hobby Craft at Fort Kinnairdone Saturday afternoon andI found an encyclopedia oforigami there. Ive been doingit ever since and now Im partof the Scottish Origami Society.We get together for mini-meetswith other folders to learnnew techniques and foradvice sessions.

My origami has led me tosome interesting places. TheJapanese Consul General foundout about the Society and theninvited us over to his residencefor lunch. That was incredible we had the most amazingJapanese meal prepared byone of the best Japanese chefsin all of the UK!

It sounds like youve got lotsof interestsYes, I guess youcould call me a Jack-of-all-

Trades. Im a hands on, get-stuck-in kind of person and Ilike to get the job done (as longas it doesnt involve makinga mess!).

Emma and four friends havean online gaming reviewwebsite called The Unofcial

Video Games Show, check itout onwww.tuvgs.co.uk.

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playing or Scotland!

20 Norrie Sloan.

21 David Cummings.

22 Emma Lewis.

23 Some o Emmas

origami creations.

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