http://katewebster.co.uk en admin@notbbc.co.uk Wed, 06 May 2026 11:17:23 +0100 http://katewebster.co.uk/homepage/7/harrows_angels.html Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:31:00 +0100 8 October 2022 at 4pm and 7pmThe Boiler House, Harrow Arts Centre, 171 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Harrow, HA5 4EACelebratingthe black nurse who saved lives in the UK's worst peacetime railcrash and the modern paramedics who've followed in her footsteps. Tickets: www.harrowarts.com or 020 3773 7161 Sharinga hidden history from Harrow, 'Harrow's Angels' celebrates the black nurse who saved lives in the UK's worst peacetime rail crash and the modern paramedics who've followed in her footsteps. During the morning rush hour on 8 October 1952, three trains collided at Harrow & Wealdstone station, causing over a hundred deaths and hundreds of casualties. Part of an emergency medical team, LieutenantAbbie Sweetwine was the only nurse at the crash site and a black woman – one of the few then serving in the US Air Force. Dubbed 'The Angel of Platform Six' by the Daily Mirror, Abbie and her story are surprisingly little-known today. But the triage tactics she used at Harrow proved that getting patients to hospital as fast aspossible wasn't always the way, paving the way for today's paramedics. Modern paramedics are still put on a pedestal as “angels”, but almost half of all black and Asian staff have also been abused or threatened at work. This performance explores the past and present of women medical workers' conflicting experiences, from being nominated for awards to being attacked by their patients. Directed by Erica Miller: @EricaTheatre, www.ericamiller.com Written by Kate Webster: @kateweb, bit.ly/KateWebster