With reference to my last post I was in the same ward has Jukebox but in 1945 and yes from the December to when I was moved to Moseley Hall where visiting was just has tight I saw my Mum and Dad once a fortnight I did not leave Moseley Hall till the following July. I think the night staff had the job of giving us our breakfast and has they went off at 7.00 it had to be completed before the day team came on duty. I had my UPS ( Christmas 1945 ) and Downs but they saved my life and I will always be grateful for that.I had my appendix removed at the Children's in 1950. The experience was not a happy one - it was the first time I had ever been away from home (I was 9) and visitors were not permitted then so I didn't see my parents for 10 days. They used to wake us up for breakfast very early (about 5.30 if I remember correctly) by turning the lights on and whistling very loudly. They still used chloroform as the anaesthetic. The only highlight was seeing a banana for the first time!
This ward looks like Ward 4 secound floor which I was in from november 1945 to March 1946. The window far distance left shows a small ward, the person on the right is a ward maid and the member of staff on the left is standing by the windows which opened the full length of the ward. The tables and chairs where outside another sideward.View attachment 76728
This is a ward in The Childrens Hospital.
The front of the hospital is a grade 2 listed building, hence why it had to be incorporated in the leisure complex. As far as I am aware, the frontage never housed patients but contained the boardroom and administration offices. The main ward block was attached behind the frontage with an infectious disease ward set apart. In the 1940s, a new baby block named after Leonard Parsons was built at the back of the hospital.