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really fascinating topic guys, great research

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Hmmm! Sounds Like A Challenge and future post! He he!

What I do know about Torpenhow OAS is that is was designed by the architect William Edward Willink who also designed the Curnard Building.

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Originally Posted by yoller
I think the hospital near Shorefields in New Ferry that Davey Martin is referring to was a special isolation hospital at the back of New Ferry Baths. I seem to remember it was a green wooden building and was used in the early 60s when there was an outbreak of smallpox in the area and several people died. In the early 70s ( I think), it was deliberately burned down by the fire brigade to make sure no infection survived. These are only vague memories and perhaps someone else has a fuller story.


The Port Sanitary Hospital was built in 1877,it was built for infectious diseases such as cholora and smallpox,a pier ran out from the hospital into the river so infected sailors could be transported easily to the hospital without spreading the infection to local people,it was closed in 1962.
In 1928 it was called Bebington infectious diseases hospital, 1948 it was called New Ferry smallpox hospital.
I live in the area near by and i remember the hospital,when we went to the baths we could see the back of the hospital and all these plates stacked up in the windows....that must of been the kitchens.
I remember when there was an outbreak of smallpox and when we were going to school my mum would tell us to cover our mouths with a scarf incase we caught it!!
My Nan told me a story many many years ago......she said once there was an outbreak of smallpox and one of the patients escaped from the hospital and was found in Woodhead street and everyone who lived in that area had to barricade themselves in their homes untill he was cought and taken back to the hospital,Nan lived in Seaview at the time,just off Woodhead street, now a car park.
I don't know what year it was burnt down but i know it stood empty for years, the Wimpy estate stands on it now and the baths area.

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Originally Posted by Morseman
That's the one Sarah and it was on Claremount road not St Georges. Remember it quite well.


Wallasey Cottage Hospital Occupied 2 different sites during its life, firstly on Back Lane, which is now St Georges Road, Then Later on Claremount. not sure on exact date of the location change or reason, but here are 2 maps showing the 2 different locations;

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Good find Waddi

1866-1885 it was at St Georges Road

1885-1952 at Claremount Road

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Thanks for the dates,

Well, the inlaws live on that section of St Georges and I lived with them for a few years, between getting married and affording our own place, so it was just 1 of those things I picked up on.

Has anyone noticed the typo I made on the 2nd maps description? "Hopital" lol.


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Birkenhead General Hospital viewed from Park Road North in 1959. Formerly known as Borough Hospital. The hospital closed in 1982.

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I have a birth certificate of my great grandfather, Thomas Williams. On it, it states he was born in 1894 in the Lying-In Hospital on Conway Street, Birkenhead. Was this the Maternity Hospital (Birkenhead) - I've tried to do a bit of research myself, but came back with nothing. It would be good to see a photo of it.

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Originally Posted by LivingDeadGirl
I have a birth certificate of my great grandfather, Thomas Williams. On it, it states he was born in 1894 in the Lying-In Hospital on Conway Street, Birkenhead. Was this the Maternity Hospital (Birkenhead) - I've tried to do a bit of research myself, but came back with nothing. It would be good to see a photo of it.
Conway Street and Park Road North are one and the same, the Hospital on Conway Street is Birkenhead General Hospital mentioned previously in this thread.


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Thanks for the photos of the Port Sanitary Chris.

Don't know if it's still there, but back in the mid 80's the surrounding wall was still there. The new housing estate is further over where the baths were if my memory's holding up.

The wall and land was still there long after they at least started building the new estate.

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Did that hospital have a balcony that the nurses' would push the patients out on? I remember going to see my cousin, he had something contagious, we came to the hospital through woodland but could only see him on a high balcony when he was pushed out for a short while.


I remember patients being out on the balconies in their beds at St. Catherines in the 1960s. I doubt if that was where your cousin was, though, unless the woodland was Mersey Park?


The 'woodland' bit does not fit in with Leasowe - it was a windswept place facing out to the sea and directly facing onto Leasowe Road - no trees around really - the odd Gorse bush !

Think the woodland and isolation points to Clatterbridge - which I believe was originally founded as an isolation hospital....

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I have a birth certificate of my great grandfather, Thomas Williams. On it, it states he was born in 1894 in the Lying-In Hospital on Conway Street, Birkenhead. Was this the Maternity Hospital (Birkenhead) - I've tried to do a bit of research myself, but came back with nothing. It would be good to see a photo of it.
Conway Street and Park Road North are one and the same, the Hospital on Conway Street is Birkenhead General Hospital mentioned previously in this thread.


Maternity Hospital on Grange Mount opened in 1846 - so pssibly a mistake on the cert.
Birkenhead General was definitely Park Road North near to the Laird School of Art.

Wondering if there was a separate 'lying-in' hospital on Conway Street.

For the youngsters used to centralised NHS services (read Arrowe Park) in the old days there were full maternity facilities at the general hospitals - I can remember St Caths, the General and the VCH all having materrnity facilities.

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The Birkenhead Borough hospital 1910, also known as the General, compared with Paulwirral pic, when was the wing added?

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