Oswestry, Between Gladstone And Kenyon, Orthopaedic Hospital c.1939
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Photo of Oswestry, Between Gladstone And Kenyon, Orthopaedic Hospital c.1939

Memories of Oswestry, between Gladstone and Kenyon, Orthopaedic Hospital c1939

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I remember this hospital with mixed emotions. As a child of 5/6 in 1953/4 I was taken by my Dad weekly to visit my mother who had spinal fusion surgery - I think Mr Rose was the name of the surgeon. Spinal fusion surgery was still new - and risky - and Mum was a patient there for at least 12 months. I don't remember which ward she was on but it could easily have been one of the two in the photo. The ...see more