Nostalgic memories of Sully's local history

Share your own memories of Sully and read what others have said

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.

Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.

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i was a patient in Sully hospital in 1953 aged 6yrs when it was a TB isolation hospital. I had a lobectomy and spent 9 months there and was there during the Coronation and it was the first time I saw a television set. Now I am a very fit 68 yr old and I owe my life to the surgeon and staff who operated on me! Carol Johnston
I started work as a nursing assistant at Sully Hospital on November 11 1974. I later went on to undertake nurse training in 1977. I returned to work at Sully for a couple of years in the early 1980s. I am now a District Nursing sister based in Ely Cardiff.
My mother Edith Templeman as a child seems to remember two black soldiers being hung for the rape of a local church organist during the Second World War, does anyone know if this was true?
I was a teenage patient in Sully for six months. Now I am writing my own memoirs of this time and would appreciate hearing from other ex-patients. My email address is: annshaw@mac.com
I did my nurse training at Sully Hospital and I always helped out when the minister from Sully church visited our patients. Many of our patients were really very ill indeed so his work there must have taken a toll on him so I used to get the communion vessels out, show him which patients had asked for him and suggested he visit some who had not asked but might need a kind word from someone other than a nurse. He would ...see more
Just bought a flat in the converted "old" hospital (October 2007). Want to research history of Hospital. Anyone have any Memories, pictures ect please very much appreciated. jasja@msn.com