{"id":6689,"date":"2017-12-15T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T01:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2017-12-15T12:20:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T01:20:57","slug":"christmas-at-the-rch-50-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/christmas-at-the-rch-50-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas at the RCH 50 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This Christmas, take a step back in time with us to the 1940&#8217;s, 50&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s as we see how Christmas was celebrated by staff, patients and families at the RCH over 50 years ago!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/242878579\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Christmas at RCH Carlton early 1960s\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-6689-1\"><div class=\"row gallery-row\"><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-6_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-6_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">The Fire Brigade Band, Christmas 1945 RCH Carlton, Melbourne<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-7_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-7_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Father Christmas, 1943 RCH Carlton, Melbourne<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-9_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-9_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Christmas Day, Ward 10, 1943 RCH Carlton, Melbourne<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-10_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-10_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Father Christmas and Patient, 1943<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row gallery-row\"><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-11_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-11_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Jingle Bells, 1943 RCH Carlton, Melbourne<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-12_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-12_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Christmas at RCH Frankston, early 1950\u2019s<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  href='https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-13_preview.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/Image-13_preview-200x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Toys for Christmas, 1956<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail rl-gallery-link\"  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