Birminghams Children's Hospital - Ladywood Middleway

[Mark Tooze]

Here are some photos taken in the early 1980's of the old Children's Hospital on Ladywood Middleway, before it moved to its present site by Lancaster Circus in 1998:-

 

[Mark Tooze]

And a few more - not sure the cot in photo #4 would pass health'n'safety today:-

 

[Astoness]

lovely photos of the hospital mark..i believe its a casino now but at least it is still standing...oh i did reply to your private message

lyn

 

[rosie]

My son was in one of those cots in 1974 for his operation there. The waiting space at Outpatients was always crowded.
I also attended in the early '50's because of my legs, I'm sure there was a large rocking horse near a window but is my memory playing tricks?!
rosie.

 

[Astoness]

My son was in one of those cots in 1974 for his operation there. The waiting space at Outpatients was always crowded.
I also attended in the early '50's because of my legs, I'm sure there was a large rocking horse near a window but is my memory playing tricks?!
rosie.

hi rosie i would think a rocking horse would have been very appropriate in a childrens hospital so more than likely you did not imagine it

lyn

 

[Radiorails]

I guess I was in a cot similar to that shown in the photograph. I was about four years old at the time, which was during the blitz on Birmingham; although the nurse told me it was a thunderstorm, I was in for my tonsils removal.
I understands that the present children's hospital in situated in Steelhouse Lane, formerly known as the General Hospital.

 

[tina james]

it doesn't look like the hospital seems strange now used to be in there quite a lot when i was younger from a baby to my teenage years

 

[maggieanne]

Hi Rosie, I remember a large (to me) rocking horse in the waiting room where I had to go to have my eyes checked must have been in the mid '50s. I went there regularly but we always went through the back entrance where the car park was.

 

[josephinetombs]

This newspaper obituary relates to my 1st cousin 2x removed Harold Frank Shrimpton, Governor of Children's Hospital, Birmingham 1930-1945.

 

[Stokkie]

I walked past the Old Childrens Hospital on Ladywood Middleway a month or so ago. The building from the roadside seemed in a fair condition. The casino which had operated there had closed and I see it fell into administration. I wonder what the future will bring for this historic building? There's a clear recent picture on the link.

 

[Old school rules]

My son was in one of those cots in 1974 for his operation there. The waiting space at Outpatients was always crowded.
I also attended in the early '50's because of my legs, I'm sure there was a large rocking horse near a window but is my memory playing tricks?!
rosie.

Hi there yes there was a rocking horse it was big and black loved it.

 

[Astoness]

I walked past the Old Childrens Hospital on Ladywood Middleway a month or so ago. The building from the roadside seemed in a fair condition. The casino which had operated there had closed and I see it fell into administration. I wonder what the future will bring for this historic building? There's a clear recent picture on the link.

i went past there 2 days before christmas derek and the building still looks in good order..never seemed right to me that the childrens hospital was turned into a casino dont ask me why but it just didnt seem appropriate but i guess at least it was being kept aired ..keeping my fingers crossed for this building now

lyn

 

[Stokkie]

i went past there 2 days before christmas derek and the building still looks in good order..never seemed right to me that the childrens hospital was turned into a casino dont ask me why but it just didnt seem appropriate but i guess at least it was being kept aired ..keeping my fingers crossed for this building now

lyn

Thanks for the update Lyn. Let's hope this building finds a useful purpose, I share your feelings about the ex-casino.
Derek