Manchester, Eye Hospital 1889
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Here we see the Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, just three years after it was opened in 1886 by Philip Goldschmidt, Mayor of Manchester. The road to the left is the aptly named Nelson Street. The Eye Hospital movement had started in King Street as a public charity in 1815; by 1840 the hospital had moved twice and settled at No 3 South Parade, and were treating around 3,000 out-patients per year, and about 300 as in-patients. Built of red Ruaben brick, and covering 3,500 square yards, the hospital has two striking terracotta reliefs at the front, 'Christ healing the blind' and 'Elymas struck blind', which were made by Mr Holding, a well-known sculptor.
An extract from Manchester Photographic Memories.
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