How come all of these buildings look so much better now than they did when they were everyday sights?
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In 1951 I was an apprentice in the George Holt Physics building at the university. Our building backed onto the Royal Infirmary property and everytime I looked out of the window I must have seen all of this architecture. I even went to the Emergency once with a cut finger.
Of course, our gaze may have been diverted by the fact that we could see into the windows of the Nurses Residence. The young ladies were not very careful about drawing their curtains, so it was fairly common at shift change time to get a good view of the "activities". Now, in my defence, I must add that we were at the ground level so did not spend a lot of time at this. However, the lab boys and technicians at higher levels in the buildings knew the best windows and times for viewing. I'm surprised the building did fall over with the uneven weight as they clustered at the upper rear windows.
One of my chores in those days was to repair the bandsaw blades for the near-by Anatomy department. They were used to cut up cadavers and other assorted body parts, many of which came from the Infirmary. The young lady who did most of the cutting was always trying to get me to watch her at work whenever I returned her blades. We also used to observe her scurrying out of the back door of the Infirmary with brown paper wrapped parcels, which no doubt contained the "bits and pieces" she provided to the medical students.
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