

Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 1 of 108 Sun 26th Feb 2012 11:20am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5160 I recently attended an apppointment at the new City of Coventry Health Centre on Stoney Stanton Road, to where services which had remained at C&W after the closure of the main part of the hospital have been transferred
It's a smart building, seen here under construction in 2010
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Babby25 Wyken All posts by this member | 2 of 108 Mon 23rd Apr 2012 3:01pm Member: Joined Apr 2012 Total posts:20 It is a shame that they have now started to demolish Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital!
I am proud to say that I was part of the last team to move out of the hospital and I now work in the Health Centre.
It is such a shame as my Grandmother was a Matron at Cov & Warwick in the early 60's. |
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Mike H London Ontario, Canada All posts by this member | 3 of 108 Tue 24th Apr 2012 2:46am Member: Joined Apr 2012 Total posts:336 I have seen a few visits to Casualty at the Cov and Warwick during my early years. Then in 1970, I had a month in Philip Ward while they worked out how to screw back parts such that I could still use them.
I am eternally grateful to the surgeon, the two ward sisters, all of the rest of the nursing staff, including the exchange nurses, the auxiliary nurse who even used to come in on her days off to help me eat my meals, the Casualty team, radiologists, the cooks who did a mean breakfast considering, the cleaning staff, just everybody who made it possible for me to walk out of there looking very much in one piece.
The old hospital will always be in my thoughts because all of the above people were part of the second chance I had at life. I would be in a sorry state or worse had it not been for all of them.
I always said that if ever I got into a mess again, please take me there. They will fix me up.. ![]() |
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flapdoodle Coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 108 Tue 24th Apr 2012 7:13pm Member: Joined Nov 2010 Total posts:845 I wonder what they will do with this site? Will it stay empty like so many others?
I hope they keep the Victorian part of it and that funny building bybthe ringroad.
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 108 Tue 24th Apr 2012 10:23pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1402 On 24th Apr 2012 7:13pm, flapdoodle said:
I wonder what they will do with this site? Will it stay empty like so many others?
I hope they keep the Victorian part of it and that funny building by the ringroad.
I believe the "funny building" you refer to was the old x-ray dept. Part of the hospital (as most of it was re-built after the war), is grade II listed and it appears there is a planning application in place to build 150 houses on the main hospital site.
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Genghis Smith Ireland All posts by this member | 6 of 108 Tue 24th Apr 2012 11:09pm Member: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:66 Is the "funny building" the one that looked like it had a dalek on the top of it?
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 7 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 7:08am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5160 On 24th Apr 2012 11:09pm, Genghis Smith said:
Is the "funny building" the one that looked like it had a dalek on the top of it?
This one ?
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Babby25 Wyken All posts by this member | 8 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 8:57am Member: Joined Apr 2012 Total posts:20 The Walk in Centre (picture above) and the nurses residence will stay. However, sadly the rest will no longer be around for much longer. I will take some photos and post them. I won't be hard to do as work across the road. |
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scrutiny coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 11:36am Member: Joined Feb 2010 Total posts:674 The funny looking building was the x-ray dept. As a child I had a few x-rays done there. The x-ray machine was like something out of a science fiction film, it used to frighten me something rotten. The staff would place you in the middle of the machine then walk away, leaving you on your own, then the machine would close in on you until you thought it might crush you then stop. X-ray taken, then it would open up again but nobody ever explained to me what was happening to stop me worrying. At least today they do treat small children different by explaining things. ![]() |
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 10 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 5:45pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:746 The last time I was in that building was 7 years ago when a consultant diagnosed my wife with Parkinson's disease, this has completely shattered our lives and changed everything we do. When I see the building it always reminds me of that day. Milly rules |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 11 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 9:39pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:3630 Hi NormK ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jaytob Derbyshire All posts by this member | 12 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 10:21pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:46 You summed that up beautifully, Philip. ![]() |
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mayjan Green Lane,Coventry All posts by this member | 13 of 108 Wed 25th Apr 2012 10:51pm Member: Joined Oct 2010 Total posts:230 On 25th Apr 2012 10:21pm, Jaytob said:
You summed that up beautifully, Philip.
My thoughts exactly, a really thoughtful and sensitive post Phillip.
Norm K so sorry to hear of your wife's illness, we should all be thankful if we have good health. ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 14 of 108 Thu 26th Apr 2012 6:32am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2882 Very wisely put Philip, makes us all sit up and think. ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 15 of 108 Thu 26th Apr 2012 6:39am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2882 On 25th Apr 2012 7:08am, Midland Red said:
A real old landmark that one MR, must have passed that one a thousand or more times on the bus in our day. Could not believe it was still there. I remember sitting on the wall outside once in 1961, after having a blood test and feeling all faint. Then being told I was expecting my 'first', again - MEMORIES - brought it all back. On 24th Apr 2012 11:09pm, Genghis Smith said:
Is the "funny building" the one that looked like it had a dalek on the top of it?
This one ?
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