Nostalgic memories of Heswall's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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I think it was about 1963, I was sent to Heswall, to a Home for children. I was about 4 years old. My Mum said our Doctor advised for me to go there, because I wasn’t eating. I don’t know what the place was called, & I can't remember much about it. I do remember my mum crying as I got into a vehicle, with someone from the home & it went through the Mersey tunnel from where we lived in Liverpool. The memories ...see more
My late wife Sandra stayed at the home, with her sister Carol, for 6 weeks in the summer of 1957. Sandra was just turned 11 and Carol 9 and a half. About 20 years ago Sandra and I went back to Heswall and, as others have commented, the house is now private and the beach is overgrown. The railway line has long since been built over. However. the rhubarb field is still there!
The following is an account of her stay which ...see more
I worked at Heswall childrens hospital from 1966 untill it sadly closed in 1984.My maiden name was Hession.I wander if anyone remembers it.
I was 4 years old when I was taken from Liverpool to this Hospital. It was a very frightening experience because I was the first child in the family and they say I was there for 6 weeks. I have never found out why I was sent there. There was always secrecy about this and some in the family said I should never have been sent there. There were no family visits but I remember once being taken out into ...see more
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a specific patient who was at Heswall in 1952, named Nora. Someone who stayed at Heswall at the same time is looking to find her.
I'm a Producer for the TV show Gwesty Aduniad where we reconnect people with people who meant a lot to them, and in this case, that's Nora. If anyone has any knowledge of a Nora who stayed there, or an idea for organisations I ...see more
I remember staying at the hospital and going to Heswall beach and playing on the aeroplane in the back garden at the hospital,it was about 1965
Anybody remember me in Heswall Children’s Hospital. My name then was Veronica Roberts I had a RTA on the way home from school beginning of summer 1957.I had a broken leg, concussion and a broken nose. I had my 5th birthday in hospital.. my mum and 2 cousins came to visit. As I recall I was in the room next to matron, during the night someon3 climbed through the window and got in my bed. I was ...see more
Hi all, I was there about 1961, I think it was late summer, I'd just got out of Myrtle Street Hospital in Liverpool, and instead of going home to terrible accommodation in Liverpool 8, they (whoever "they" were) sent me to Heswall to convalesce, from a gut operation which they recognized much later as Crohns. To convalesce is not a word used much now. I'ts now almost unused completely. I landed in the Florence ...see more
Fantastic memories of Heswall Hospital and the guy's I was lucky enough to meet and hangout with. Bill Ryan
I Remember as a 6-7 year old child my self and my brother spending time here our family was quite large 12 children in all so I think my mother sent us off to this hospital so she could have some respite, I remember some nuns picking us up from Liverpool and taking us here I still remember being absolutely terrified and scared so much so I can still remember them putting a red plastic cover on my bed every night because i used ...see more