Blue Cross animal hospital – archive pictures

A stylish woman and her poodle in the waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

Chief veterinary surgeon Pat Quigley examining a dog at Victoria hospital in 1967, as the concerned family look on Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A dapper gent and his dachshund in the waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

Immaculately coiffed veterinary surgeon Eileen Mason in the new pathological laboratory at Grimsby hopsital in 1966 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A boy cradles his poorly pooch in the waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

Patients get acquainted in the waiting room at Grimsby hospital in 1966 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A woman and a girl with their dog in the waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A man and a boy with their cat in the waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

Veterinary surgeon M Raza with man and his cat at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A woman holding a small puppy and a very large rabbit at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

Veterinary nurse Myrtle MacAvoy holding a puppy at Grimsby hospital in 1966 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

Vets with a man and his dog at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A veterinary nurse holding kittens at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

The waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross

A man and his dog in the waiting room at Victoria hospital in 1967 Photograph: Blue Cross/Blue Cross