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Oswestry, Between Gladstone And Kenyon, Orthopaedic Hospital c.1939
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Memories of Oswestry, between Gladstone and Kenyon, Orthopaedic Hospital c1939

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 Oswestry, Between Gladstone And Kenyon, Orthopaedic Hospital c.1939

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I remember this hospital with mixed emotions. As a child of 5/6 in 1953/4 I was taken by my Dad weekly to visit my mother who had spinal fusion surgery - I think Mr Rose was the name of the surgeon. Spinal fusion surgery was still new - and risky - and Mum was a patient there for at least 12 months. I don't remember which ward she was on but it could easily have been one of the two in the photo. The ...see more