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Birkenhead, Arrowe Park c.1960
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To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park. A campsite of 450 acres was provided free of charge by the then Birkenhead Corporation. The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together. Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral. The purpose-built Arrowe Park Hospital today has some 920 beds; it offers A & E services to the whole of the Peninsula, and admits as many as 140 emergency patients on a busy day.

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Memories of Birkenhead, Arrowe Park c1960

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 Birkenhead, Arrowe Park c.1960

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Pts Nurse Training
It was about this year -1960 - I did PTS nurse training at Arrowe park - does anyone remember me? Sister Happell was on A1, the children's ward at St Cath's - she was an amazing sister - strict but brill.
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