Was Anyone Else Convalescent Here?
I think this was where I was sent at age about 4. I lived in London and was packed off with some other children on a train. I remember the nuns that looked after us and the stone steps cut in the cliff where we would access the beach. It was winter and freezing cold. I was there for a month and remember the church services on a Sunday and also being visited by a soldier who they told me was my dad. He and my mum had separated so I didn't really know him.
I never thought about going home, just remember being surprised when they came and said I was going home that day.
I tried to find it again some time ago but I think it's been pulled down. If anyone has any more information I'd be interested to hear from them.
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Hello Ann. I was at St. Mary's Broadstairs around 1956 when I was 9 years old and have both good and bad feelings about my stay, 6 weeks. I remember the bath nights, the dormitories. the compulsory one hour's rest after meals. Doorstep bread with Marmite, given to us on the grass at the front of the building and of course the tunnel under the road to the beach. Have you read the book 'The childrens convalescent homes of Broadstairs' written by Tony Euden. If you wish to telephone me please call 01782 304055 or e- mail me at billstoke@billmarg.plus.com I would like to speak to you and any other people who stayed at the home to share our memories. I live in Stoke-on-Trent. Best wishes Bill Hall
Comment from William Hall on Monday, 3rd May 2010.