Uppingham, School, Sanatorium c.1955
Photo ref: U10044
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Over Easter 1934, there was an epidemic of influenza, measles and chicken pox. The old sanitorium was not big enough and one of the first acts of the new head, J F Wolfenden, was to build a new and large sanatorium on Stockerston Road. This halted boarding-house developments for many years as it used up all the available money. As the photograph shows, it was a splendid building but it proved to be a white elephant. With the move to coeducation it was converted to a girls' boarding house called Fairfield in 1976.

A Selection of Memories from Uppingham

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I had two sisters, one sadly deceased,who were friends with the Titley family who used to run/own (?) the Falcon Hotel.They used to visit the Titleys quite regularly in the 1940's. Jill Titley is in the photographs of my sister's wedding. My sister is now in her 90's.
My grandparents lived at The Cottage in South View, Uppingham for 40 years from 1908 where he was a well known Director of Music at the public school. From a very early age during the second world war I made my first visit. Well down the hill at the front was the railway station, now a small industrial park, and beyond that I could see the Seaton Viaduct. One night there was a big fire at nearby Rockingham ...see more