You can contact OLMSSS in the following ways:

Administration: 0207 613 0979
Emergency: 07528611843; or 07811374074
Email: claudine@olmsss.com or royston@olmsss.com


Admin Address:
43 Linslade House
Whiston Road
London
E2 8SB


School Address:
Our Lady And Saint Joseph RC Primary School RC Primary School;
Tottenham Road, N1 4DG

Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. Her father was a Scottish soldier, and her mother ran a boarding house where she cared for invalid soldiers and their wives. Mary learned medicine from her mother and gained reputation as a skilful nurse.

A born healer and a woman of driving energy, Mary overcame official indifference and prejudice. She found her way to the Crimean war (1853-1856) at her own expense; and risked her life to bring comfort to wounded and dying soldiers. Mary Seacole became the first Black woman to make her mark on British public life; but was relegated to obscurity until recently. Her reputation for service during the Crimean War rivaled Florence Nightingale's.

Courtesy of the National Library of Jamaica. www.nlj.org.jm.