Tag Archives: architects

Charnwood Forest Convalescent Homes

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

As convalescent homes were not strictly speaking medical buildings, and most of the patients sent to convalescence were able to get up during the day, many were established in private houses which required little alteration to fit them to their … Continue reading →

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The Hospitals Investigator 10

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

In January 1993 Robert Taylor wrote the tenth in his series of newsletters for the RCHME Hospitals Project team. The text below is primarily his, I have just updated the information in places and added the illustrations. At least two … Continue reading →

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Nairn Hospital

Posted on March 27, 2016 by

For some now unfathomable reason, I managed to lose my gazetteer entries for hospitals in Scotland beginning with ‘N’. One of the tasks, therefore, that I have set myself is to rediscover the missing hospitals. They include some important buildings, … Continue reading →

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Oldmill Military Hospital (now Woodend Hospital) Aberdeen

Posted on January 16, 2016 by

A Face in the Crowd Postcard of Woodend Hospital dating from the First World War when it had been taken over as a military hospital. The card shows a concert being given in front of the main entrance block. Woodend … Continue reading →

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