Woodford Bridge, The Entrance Claybury Hospital c.1960
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Memories of Woodford Bridge, the Entrance Claybury Hospital c1960

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I remember living in Claybury Hospital for a while in the late 40's. We lived with the chief fireman, Percy Drain, and we lived in a cottage opposite the laundry (I think) - my brother Darrell, me and mm. I didn't have any fears, it seemed natural but I do remember some strange sights. PS. I'm Ian Stevens.
About the time I was born in 1939, I had two aunts who were nurses in Claybury Hospital. Several years later, in the early 50s, I used to help the milkman from Drapers Farm and one of our biggest quantities of delivery was to Claybury (horse drawn cart in those days). Roll forward the years to the early 60s and some very happy memories were of the dances within Claybury and of those ...see more