Stills Disease Patient

A Memory of Taplow.

I entered the CRX as a patient in March 1974, ostensibly for 6weeks treatment, but I didn't leave until December 1981. I was under the care of Dr Barbara Ansell and her rheumatology team who specialised in children with arthritis and I grew up in Ward 2 where both boys and girls shared a Nightingale ward until we turned 12 when we were split into single sex wards, ward 3 for the boys/men and ward 4 the girls/women.
There were schoolrooms where we studied right up to O-level, and a youth club every Tues and Thurs evenings! We used to ride our bikes along the very long main corridor to the physio department twice a day for treatments and up to the WRVS canteen for their lovely floury ham baps (so much nicer than the hospital food!)
I remember Sister Lander and I think the other was Sister Wilson in ward 2 and Sister Snow in ward 4, but over so many years there I can't remember many names but Bobbie Javis and Adrian Hughes were the physios I recall and Miss Lawson was an occupational therapist.
It was a special place to grow up and it's lovely to see people posting their memories here.