Hi, I've been mooching around this site for a couple of months now and am well impressed with the standard of photography, so I thought it was about time that I posted something
HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL - JAN 2011
History
I'm sure that you may have read this before but here goes............
The hospital was opened in 1909 by West Ham County Borough council, as the Grange convalescent home for children, which operated with the nearby Plaistow fever hospital. The Grange had been a private house, built in 1884 by John Compton, owner of the Gubbins estate. The convalescent home was maintained by the county borough until the Second World War, as an emergency hospital. After the war it became a permanent hospital, and in the 1960s was significantly enlarged.
The hospital later became part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust. It was closed on 13 December 2006 with patients and functions relocated to Queen's Hospital and to King George Hospital. The site vacated by the hospital has been earmarked for a 470-home housing development.
The original plan to keep certain NHS facilities has been superseded and the entire plot has been approved for residential development. Local residents are opposing the proposal of over 800 dwellings, including a 9 storey block.
We waited for 45 minutes but still no waitress!!!
The guest list!!![/U]
A man in black walking his dog
The Roof
Sorry it's a bit pic heavy but I couldn't narrow it down anymore
Thanks for looking
HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL - JAN 2011
History
I'm sure that you may have read this before but here goes............
The hospital was opened in 1909 by West Ham County Borough council, as the Grange convalescent home for children, which operated with the nearby Plaistow fever hospital. The Grange had been a private house, built in 1884 by John Compton, owner of the Gubbins estate. The convalescent home was maintained by the county borough until the Second World War, as an emergency hospital. After the war it became a permanent hospital, and in the 1960s was significantly enlarged.
The hospital later became part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust. It was closed on 13 December 2006 with patients and functions relocated to Queen's Hospital and to King George Hospital. The site vacated by the hospital has been earmarked for a 470-home housing development.
The original plan to keep certain NHS facilities has been superseded and the entire plot has been approved for residential development. Local residents are opposing the proposal of over 800 dwellings, including a 9 storey block.
We waited for 45 minutes but still no waitress!!!
The guest list!!![/U]
A man in black walking his dog
The Roof
Sorry it's a bit pic heavy but I couldn't narrow it down anymore
Thanks for looking
