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Dutton, Hospital c.1955
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This 'commodious and handsome' building has now gone. Costing £7,500, it was built in 1857 as a workhouse for over 200 'destitute and aged folk' with a master and matron who had to be man and wife and whose salary was £80 per annum 'with rations'. It subsequently became an isolation hospital (when Runcorn's isolation hospital was closed in 1939) and ended its days as a geriatric home.

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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. Here are some from Dutton

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My Childhood.
I was born in 1954 and my parents June and Fred Arnold moved into railway cottages shortly after. They renamed the cottage Kadivi Cottage after myself, sister and brother were born (Diane, Karen and Vincent). It still has the name today. They remained in the cottage for 40 years. I used to go up to the shop daily for my mum (I used to annoy a dog in a pen in the shop garden). My mum and myself worked at Dutton hospital, and moved to Halton General when it was built.
Dutton, the Village c1960
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Breaking Down
I broke down in the tunnel in the early 1970s, my kids thought it was great pushing us out off the tunnel wall, they were realy black at the end. I made sure it didn't happen going back!
Dutton, the Canal c1960
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