Photographs from our archive
We aim to get more of these great photographs online and to try and identify the subjects and give even more details, like the dates the photographs were taken. If you have any photographs of Mildmay from any era, do please let us know.
From the 1860s to closure by the NHS in 1982.
Reopening as an independent charitable hospital in October 1985 to the present day.
Do you or someone you know, have a story about Mildmay that you would like to share?
Mildmay has been caring for people since the 1860s and in that time thousands of people have passed through its doors. Each one of them had their own unique experience of the hospital and its dedicated staff.
We are assembling a collection of patient and former staff stories and memories to share online and to add to our archive. If you would like to share your story, please contact us.
"I was admitted to the Mildmay when I was 6 years old in 1946. Had a pain in my leg due to a fall. The doctors there realised I had Osteomyelitis, which was very rare then.
If it was not for Mildmay, I would not be here at nearly 80 years old and still enjoying life. Thank you all."
Renee P
The Bert Miller Photographic Archive
Bert Miller was at Mildmay for 30 years; employed for 7 and a volunteer for 23. During some building work, Bert saw some photo transparencies lying in a skip. He retrieved them and took them home. On inspecting them, he found that they were photographs of the hospital and staff dating back to the early 1960's.
Mildmay Hospital: from our Historic Beginnings to Modern Care
This poster, created to mark the naming of the Mildmay line in 2024 and to celebrate our historic links with St Jude and St Paul's Church in Islington, captures the journey of our organisation from its origins in the1860s to the present day. It highlights key milestones, such as our founding by the Pennefathers; the Revd. William and
his wife Catherine, during the cholera epidemic, our transformation into Europe’s first AIDS hospice in the 1980s, and our current role in caring for homeless and marginalised communities as well as continuing to provide our life-changing HIV services.
