Flixton, Park Hospital c.1965
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Memories of Flixton, Park Hospital c1965
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Flixton, Park Hospital c.1965
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This is Park Hospital which was the site of the official inauguration of the NHS in 1948. Lurking in the
hospital is a wall-plaque commemorating this historic event - I know this because I passed it while
trying to find the Radiography Department a few weeks ago! The plaque does not have the prominence
it deserves - thank you NHS!
Now re-named Trafford General - what a pity that a little ...see more
A little bit of history here, folks!
Famous for being the location where I had my tonsils out in 1955 (or6?).
Also famous (or it should be) for being the very first hospital incorporated into the National Health Service on (I think) July 1 1948. Yes, this is where it all started! There is (or was) a plaque commemorating this in the main entrance hall.
Now Trafford General. The grounds at the front have long been ...see more
I can remember going for walks on the pathway between the Flixton(?) Golf Course and this hospital and seeing the local gals 'visiting' the 'Yanks', as we kids called them, through the fence. If we knew the girl in question it was an easy task to get 'gum' on the promise of not telling what we saw.
We were rotten kids in those days, but why not, we got bombed for years during the Second World War because of the proximity of Trafford Park.
My employer - does not look as nice today.
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