Garston, Manor Work Assessment Shop c.1955
Photo ref: G307011
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Photo ref: G307011
Photo of Garston, Manor Work Assessment Shop c.1955

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In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. The Board converted the manor into a medical rehabilitation centre to accommodate men and women between the ages of sixteen and seventy who were recovering from physical disabilities resulting from injury or illness.

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