tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post1137857972942496712..comments2023-07-21T05:31:04.309-07:00Comments on History of Fazakerley Hospital: Fazakerley Hospital 1898 - 1960Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915748351904592783noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-1714079071521625202021-09-20T23:17:02.096-07:002021-09-20T23:17:02.096-07:00In reply to Barbara 18 December 2014, I lived at 2...In reply to Barbara 18 December 2014, I lived at 2 Sparrow Hall Rd for 20 years, the houses 5 blocks of 4 houses each including the close were built in 1938 and were fire bomb proof due to the Royal Ordenance Factory close by. <br />As kids we used to walk on the wall with difficulty due to the half round cap, the new Sparrow Hall Estate with the "Tenies" were built starting early 50s, the houses built in 1938 were demolished some time late 90s early 2000? due to vandalism no one would live there per a letter I received from the city when I discover on Google Street View <br />they were gone.<br />Peter Pittman<br />Calgary CanadaPETER PITTMANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-85684382764372048372021-08-15T09:52:00.927-07:002021-08-15T09:52:00.927-07:00A fascinating read, have lived nearby in all my li...A fascinating read, have lived nearby in all my life but never even knew Higher lane existed. Saw it on the first OS maps which sparked my curiosity, ended up reading this then had a wander round for the first time today many thanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569212299442290406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-84518006644660538522021-04-04T12:49:29.381-07:002021-04-04T12:49:29.381-07:00In 1975, when I did my Nurse Training at Fazakerle...In 1975, when I did my Nurse Training at Fazakerley Hospital, a lot of these old buildings were still standing although in ruins at that time. There were some nice walks around the Harbreck House area then. The Tower Block Was open then but I always loved "The Old Site" best. Infectious Diseases with Sr Fellowes, Sr Rothwell, Sr Tyrell, Mr Kelly and many more all now passed on to the next world wherever that may be. Miss Vernon, from Bootle was the "Boss" in those days. Very Happy days at Fazakerley which will stay with me for ever. Just wish I could go back and do it all again. Elizabeth Mills Set 7 Fazakerley School of Nursing 1975 to1977Elizabeth Millsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-7942311063372530232021-02-24T22:13:00.755-08:002021-02-24T22:13:00.755-08:00Brilliant I lived opposite the hospital on Longmon...Brilliant I lived opposite the hospital on Longmont lane well done Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766024667459039637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-64974720169269813302020-04-09T12:25:55.931-07:002020-04-09T12:25:55.931-07:00Hi Barbara,
I really enjoyed reading this. I came...Hi Barbara,<br /><br />I really enjoyed reading this. I came across it because I am researching my family tree and I remember my mother telling me that her mother's family had a house which was knocked down so Fazakerley Hospital could be built. I found out that her grandfather, Robert Lunt, lived in Holm Lea at the time of his death in 1926. I was thrilled to see Holm Lea mentioned in your article. Do you know where I could obtain a copy of Estates Terrier? My mother said that the Brierley family, who owned a gents' outfitters on Walton Vale, also had a house there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-11825724426277609032020-02-02T00:34:29.129-08:002020-02-02T00:34:29.129-08:00I was taken from Warrington General to Fazakerley ...I was taken from Warrington General to Fazakerley Isolation in June/July 1966 with suspected paratyphoid. I remember the single rooms separated by glass partitions. Visitors wore white coveralls and masks and all comics,cards and any paper had to be burnt. I remember being told that paper carried disease. The staff were amazing. I was 14 at the time!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177153206761094394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-70512321640963715902020-01-02T11:18:28.914-08:002020-01-02T11:18:28.914-08:00Hi
I am researching a Family History Project, and ...Hi<br />I am researching a Family History Project, and would welcome any assistance; details as follows.<br /><br />A baby born in December 1955, Liverpool, (Home Birth or Hospital Birth??), the baby was found to have a serious Heart Defect, and was either born at, or admitted to the Fazakerley Hospital. Then transferred to another hospital in East Anglia.<br /><br />I would like to locate a photo of the Maternity Unit/ Hospital buildings where the baby would have been treated, just to give an idea of what the buildings looked like at that time.<br /><br />Unfortunately this story does not have a happy ending, so trying to put the story together, with photo's covering the babies short life. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words.<br /><br />I have read the various stories, relating to the Fazakerley history, but cannot convince myself if any of them actually relate to the part of the hospital I am looking for. Any photo's and comments relating to the related history would be most useful.<br /><br />Can anyone please assist me in this quest.<br /><br />Best Regards<br /><br />RichardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225857120144270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-67659708862295562462019-12-14T13:20:41.979-08:002019-12-14T13:20:41.979-08:00Found my late Aunt and Uncle in 1911 census listed...Found my late Aunt and Uncle in 1911 census listed as patients,although I suspect their parents couldn't look after them.Their names were John(Jack)Jones and Margaret Jones.Jack was killed in WW1 in 1917.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-17783934378631349842019-11-27T21:26:54.575-08:002019-11-27T21:26:54.575-08:00I remember as a child playing in the Annexe, it wa...I remember as a child playing in the Annexe, it was in the late fifties so it couldn't have long closed down. There were all sorts of medical stuff still scattered around and we definitely shouldn't have been there given it's history. The small isolated island of trees lying just beyond the Annexe we knew as " the lost island ". We used to play in Bluebell Woods on Higher Lane before tfdlinh off home past Tom Rose's family on the right.<br />Such a beautiful area to be desecrated by the evil that is Altcourse.<br />Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928343962796692047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-48642296746726014012019-06-27T03:36:35.930-07:002019-06-27T03:36:35.930-07:00your publications were a wonderful source of infor...your publications were a wonderful source of information and perspective. but I enjoy your new activities. <a href="https://padmajahospital.in/" rel="nofollow">Hospital in kukatpally</a><br />padmajahttps://padmajahospital.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-27258412217392899662018-07-28T02:27:05.409-07:002018-07-28T02:27:05.409-07:00Hi Barbara,
Hi Barbara, wonderful site you hav...Hi Barbara,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hi Barbara, wonderful site you have created, - so many childhood memories! I lived in Second Avenue 1948-1959 and went to Holy Name school opposite hospital. As boys the grounds of the hospital were rich adventure fields even if the dreaded gamekeeper had to be avoided. It was nearly all rural with a few outbuildings which we understood to be TB wards - the patients being open to the elements. It was the foliage we loved, our jungle as we recreated Bridge on the River Kwai (and yes there were leeches in the brook).<br /><br />On one such day we wandered across the building you asked about - the surrounding buildings were not erected - it was designed to be away from the main areas for good reasons - it was the morgue! With kids curiosity we shimmied up a pipe and looked into the louvered windows - that's when we realised what it was, both my pal and me got what we deserved, an almighty fright. Of course we couldn't verify it, to do so would have given our game away with the consequences from Dad that would have come our way! But it certainly was not Hitler's bunker as we had imagined!<br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />Steve BellisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301899004660993697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-11299015736755295432017-12-12T11:31:11.098-08:002017-12-12T11:31:11.098-08:00What an excellent, informative site. It brought b...What an excellent, informative site. It brought back memories for me.<br /><br />My Mother was completing her fever nurse training at Fazakerley Fever Hospital in 1940. She told of being waiting to be relieved at the end of a long shift when the sirens went off. She remained on her ward. Part of the Hospital was bombed.<br /><br />Secondly, as a young girl I spent many happy summer hours playing with friends in the trees in Higher Lane when children could play in safety.<br /><br />Thirdly, I remember visiting Harbreck Farm on numerous occasions. The farm bailiffs wife Edna had gone to school with my Mother in Aughton (Ormskirk) and consequently we often walked down Higher Lane to the Farm. The Farmhouse was imposing (to me). I recall a large kitchen and pantry. A staircase going up to a room where a servant slept )in previous times. Large rooms, a beautiful walled garden, a farmyard with Shire horses and pigs, and a waterworks to the side of the the farmyard to purify the water. Opposite the farm was the 'Openair' School for delicate children.<br />Walking down Higher Lane when you had passed the railway bridge felt as if you really were out in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-39986660065656039372017-05-02T17:38:25.362-07:002017-05-02T17:38:25.362-07:00I would guess that Fazakerley/Aintree Hospital old...I would guess that Fazakerley/Aintree Hospital old records will be in the Liverpool Records Office. That said, when I trained at Fazakerley in the mid 70's we used to go for lovely Summer evening walks around the Estate. There were an awful lot of records stored in old buildings that had been burgled and vandalised and lots of these had been left to rot, strewn around, partially burnt in some places. We noted that some of them were Nurses Training RecordsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125137789521451612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-54114448789590050252017-01-27T23:38:04.360-08:002017-01-27T23:38:04.360-08:00I worked in on the gardens and farm it was said th...I worked in on the gardens and farm it was said that a hoard of coins were found when the piggories were knocked. DownAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730192243234006351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-88685394442204901972017-01-27T23:38:03.111-08:002017-01-27T23:38:03.111-08:00I worked in on the gardens and farm it was said th...I worked in on the gardens and farm it was said that a hoard of coins were found when the piggories were knocked. DownAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730192243234006351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-42910231941039073302016-06-28T15:54:53.543-07:002016-06-28T15:54:53.543-07:00Hello Barbara from 'across the pond.' I am...Hello Barbara from 'across the pond.' I am a historian in St. John's Newfoundland. My friend and I are working on a collection of over 300 letters by a local VAD named Sybil Johnson who served at Fazakerly from January 1917 to July 1918. Her sister was also there along with two other Newfoundland women. I enjoyed your website - thanks for sharing your research and passion.<br />TerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-23225611860316901582016-06-08T11:17:04.088-07:002016-06-08T11:17:04.088-07:00I work on security in the hospital and have been s...I work on security in the hospital and have been subject to many a nightly scares from Eskdale. I was patrolling past one night and noticed a nun standing in the front entrance. The building is ready for demolishing as you said so no one would have been in there at 0200 in the morning. Would you have any recollection of a Sister Margaret who is supposed to be the nun who patrols the now empty corridors Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884748952475614219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-32153615619727819192015-02-25T09:08:50.550-08:002015-02-25T09:08:50.550-08:00This is the first time I've seen a photo of th...This is the first time I've seen a photo of the four annexe huts in the middle of the field. I was a student nurse there in 1972, it was an orthopaedic ward then. Remember walking ( or running if I was late) through the trees and across the field, quite a spooky walk especially in winter. We had some good parties at Ennerdale 😊 thanks for the memoriesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-62203723488767756612015-01-06T14:08:33.305-08:002015-01-06T14:08:33.305-08:00This is an amazing site, and well worth reading th...This is an amazing site, and well worth reading through. Does anyone know where the records for Fazakerley Hospital are kept and can you have copies. My mother's sister died there in 1923. Thanks. MarianneFamilycomesfirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048014053538693104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-57914479461804256192015-01-06T14:07:21.963-08:002015-01-06T14:07:21.963-08:00This is an amazing site, and well worth reading th...This is an amazing site, and well worth reading through. Does anyone know where the records for Fazakerley Hospital are kept and can you have copies. My mother's sister died there in 1923. Thanks. MarianneFamilycomesfirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048014053538693104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-38807214777432017642014-12-18T15:34:51.413-08:002014-12-18T15:34:51.413-08:00I could not say for sure but I dont think the hous...I could not say for sure but I dont think the houses on Sparrow Hall Road were that old. Maybe another reader may have the information.<br />BarbaraBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915748351904592783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-39564962965479880782014-12-18T15:25:59.447-08:002014-12-18T15:25:59.447-08:00Hi Paul, I dont know either who sent in the commen...Hi Paul, I dont know either who sent in the comments; . I would be happy to delete them if you wish<br />Best wishes<br />BarbaraBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915748351904592783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-37659876908990815242014-12-10T05:55:23.060-08:002014-12-10T05:55:23.060-08:00Hi reference to the old sparrow hal hospital ...Hi reference to the old sparrow hal hospital when the military took it over in 1914 for the injured soldiers were the houses (now demolished ) in Sparrow Hall road built for the staff Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-81254622833489888552014-12-09T23:56:45.475-08:002014-12-09T23:56:45.475-08:00Hello Barbara
Someone appears to have raised my f...Hello Barbara<br /><br />Someone appears to have raised my father from the dead. You have two comments which read "Barnett Christie said.." dated 16th April 2010 and 5th September 2010. He died in 1991 and never even saw a computer, let alone used one. The web link takes you to the British Infection site (the forerunner of which he founded) which then doesn't open. But no idea who wrote the comments. I was only looking up Fazackerly to find out how to spell Fazakerley and came across your blog. Paul ChristieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829534378748958642.post-5982561305939188872014-07-20T14:27:58.920-07:002014-07-20T14:27:58.920-07:00The building in which you asked about its use was ...The building in which you asked about its use was the social club which my Nan and Grandad ran for many years. I spent many weekends there and also enjoyed wondering around the grounds and playing on the tennis courts (situated just next to the club). Very happy memories there! Many thanks for such interesting research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com