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The late Glen o’Dee Hospital, Banchory
On 13 October 2016 the former Glen o’Dee Hospital was destroyed by fire. A few days later two 13-year-old boys were charged by the police in connection with the blaze. Glen-o-Dee Hospital photographed in 1990 by RCHAMS Glen o’Dee was … Continue reading
King Edward VII Estate: Midhurst Sanatorium
Following on from the post featuring Midhurst Sanatorium chapel, I wanted to look at the main Sanatorium building. It is one of the most important former sanatoria in England and one of the most attractive. Latterly the King Edward VII … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Charles Holden, Edward VII, H. Percy Adams, medical history, sanatorium
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A mysterious coded message from Midhurst Sanatorium
Recently I bought this post-card of the chapel at the King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, and was both surprised and puzzled to find what I assume to be a coded message on the back. The postmark is Aldershot, 7 August … Continue reading
Pine Trees
The subject of pine trees formed a digression in the second issue of the Hospitals Investigator, and it put me in mind of earlier research that I had done in Scotland where Sanatoria were set amongst pines so that the patients … Continue reading
The Hospitals Investigator 2 (part 2)
The rest of Robert Taylor’s newsletter from July 1991 considered the richly varied topics of ridge lanterns, sanatoria, sewage works, pine trees, lunacy, and the grisly discovery of a body in a former hospital. I’m going to save the pine … Continue reading
