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Do We Still Have Convalscent Homes?

Old Boy

Old Boy

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Hi All,
I have recently been discharged after a ten day spell in hospital. Today I fell asleep over lunch. My wife woke me and said, " Remember you are still convalescent" This reminded me that twice before when I have been ill I went to convalescent homes to recover. I went to Weston with BHSF who, I believe, have now closed their homes and to Brighton with another organisation which has now closed. They were both excellent and paid a major part in my recoveries at the time. It will be such a shame if they all close.
Old Boy
 
I spent a fortnight in a home somewhere in Coleshill after an operation during the war, I was about 10. Never been in hospital since apart from a spell of Malaria whilst in the RAF in West Africa, that was 67 years ago. Eric
 
My mother in law has been living in one for the last 12 years. Mine . Only joking, love here really.
 
My father convalesced at Clevedon, near Bristol, after a heart operation at about 1960.
 
Hi guys, was the very first convelesent set up in wales by the comisist party by stevenson anf george jelf committe
 
I am trying to trace convalescent home from 1920s called Princess Mary centre. Rednal.
If anyone has any kind of information I would very grateful
 
There appear to be a handful of mentions in the newspapers of the 1920s. One from 1927 is for the sale of builders' materials (upon site late Princess Mary's Convalescent Centre) Longbridge, Rednal, Birmingham (opposite Austin Motor Works).

And the Library of Birmingham have some magazines (not sure what they would be)....

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According to one reference it was a 400 bed centre for war disabled. There is a reference here
books.google.co.uk

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Whether you are interested in the career of an individual service woman or just want to know more about the part played by service women in a particular war or campaign, this is the book for you. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of service women, Mary Ingham explains which records...
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pjmburns said:
According to one reference it was a 400 bed centre for war disabled. There is a reference here
books.google.co.uk

Tracing Your Service Women Ancestors

Whether you are interested in the career of an individual service woman or just want to know more about the part played by service women in a particular war or campaign, this is the book for you. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of service women, Mary Ingham explains which records...
books.google.co.uk
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Thank you all,
My great,great,great grandfather was a patient there for two years. 1923/1924…. Thats all i know really and he was not in the 1st world war….
 
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