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ONLINE EXHIBITION

Forged by Fire: Burns Injury & Identity in Britain, c.1800-2000

At Home

woman with her children, two boys standing by the open fire

At Work

Man in mining explosion

At Leisure

Tufty the squirrel and his animal friends by  a bonfire

At War

soldiers carrying the injured from the battlefield

Queen Victoria Street

firefighters tackling blaze in Queen Victoria Street

The Blitz and Civil Defence, c.1939-1945

Goggles

New Cross Massacre

Mass gathering with banners

Empire Palace Theatre Fire

Lafyette

Piper Alpha

stained glass window of Piper Alpha

The Burns Unit, Glasgow

two scientists in a laboratory

Acid Attacks

woman throwing acid over another woman

Scalds

baby falling into a hot bath

First Aid

first aid metal box

Acknowledgements

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