Recuperative Home c1955, Farnham Royal
Recuperative Home c1955, Farnham Royal Ref: F195023
Memories of Recuperative Home c1955, Farnham Royal
Rehab Centre Farnham Park
This is the occupational therapy workshop of the Rehabilitation Centre in Farnham Park. It was operated by the Slough Estates Medical facility.
I Was Here in 1973 & 1974
Like the other contributors I was a patient at this fabulous rehab centre, in my case it was twice (1973 and 1974) in restoring a mangled left leg following a motorcycle accident (yet another "sorry mate, didn't see you" driver error).
I fondly remember the camaraderie of the 'inmates'. These were generally people severely damaged by accidents, burns, strokes, cancer. l and the occasional sports person or motor racing driver.
I lived here weekdays from Sunday evening to Friday evening for six months in total, playing snooker in the library most evening, or the occasional escape to the Green Man pub up the road.
I less fondly remember the pain 'inflicted' by the staff in trying to restore strength and mobility. They and the surgeons at High Wycombe General Hospital saved a leg that (by the medical assessment at the time) should have been amputated.
I still cherish one of the hardwood bowls I turned while spending many hours each day on the peddle-lathe. The pool was the high point... Read more
Farnham Park 1981
I was treated at Farnham Park for a back problem in 1981. At the time I had been having various different treatments for six months for supposed sciatica.
In 2007 I had an X-Ray on my back, and an old L1 break was discovered. This I think was the cause of the problem in 1981, but had probably healed itself by the time I was sent to Fanham Park.
At Farnham the staff got me mobile again with exercise and intensive physiotherapy. A group of us spent every evening in the pub.
Though treatment seemed hard at the time it certainly worked. I had thirty painless active years. Only recently has the old injury started causing problems.
The sense of being among comrades was great, and we supported each other. I still remember some of the others who were there at the same time.
Does anyone recall the food? Or the early morning back exercises, the dancing classes, the hydrotherapy pool, the gymn?
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Farnham Royal & local memories
Read and share memories of Farnham Royal and Berkshire inspired by Frith photos.
