I expect many of us who have visited the hospital have at one time or another used the Concourse or at least walked through it, but did you know that it has been open for nearly 25 years? The concourse filled the area previously used as the main staff dining room and Poppies Restaurant, which …
Month: May 2019
New, improved Radio Addenbrooke’s returns to the airwaves
A refurbished studio for Radio Addenbrooke's was officially re-opened on 24 April 2015 by the then Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Gerri Bird. Radio Addenbrooke’s boasts two studios, one of which is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust donated £15,000 towards the upgrade which was match-funded by the hospital. Equipment has kindly been donated …
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Radio Addenbrooke’s 1992-2006
History 3 By now the original 'Addenbrooke's' collection was made up of over 2,000 singles and over 500 albums. However, a major development occurred in 1992. When Newmarket Hospital downgraded and its radio station stopped broadcasting, many of the members joined Radio Addenbrooke's. Not only did they provide more volunteers but brought with them a …
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History 2 Have We Got It? When a Radio Addenbrooke's volunteer asks you for your request, there is a good chance we will have what you are looking for. We are lucky enough to have built up a large and varied collection, however, we started out with nothing. The Early Years When the record request …
Radio Addenbrooke’s
Over the next few weeks there will be a series of articles about the History of Radio at Addenbrooke's 1952 The Cambridge Daily News organised a public appeal to raise funds for a cabled radio service, in the old Addenbrooke´s Hospital in Trumpington Street. The service began relaying the BBC´s ´Home´ and ´Light´ programmes to patients. …
