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Cippenham, The Nurses Hostel 1950
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Memories of Cippenham, the Nurses Hostel 1950

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 Cippenham, The Nurses Hostel 1950

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Started out as isolation hospital for scarlet fever(?) Used as nurses hostel for nurses from Cliveden, they were taken by coach, was at the back of site, backed onto Aspros( later Sara Lee?) factory, they built Westgate School on e side Pic is taken from gravel pit, we used to spy on nurses, hoping to see them undressing! Typical small rooms with French windows like TB hospital. it could also be reached by steps from pit, boilerman used to throw ash down into pit!