Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of World War II Fleet Air Arm barrack blocks.
During World War II Clayton Hall became HMS Daedalus, a land based Royal Naval Artificer Training Establishment. Many buildings were built within ...
Magneto Electric Machine
The Magneto Electric Machine was an early electro-therapeutic device. It was to used to treat 'nervous disorders'. A patient would place their fingers in the metal tubes and an electric current was generated ...
Newcastle Union War Hosptial, Newcastle
Patients and staff are pictured here posing for their photoraphs in a ward of the Newcastle Union War Hospital during World War 1. It later became the City General Hospital.
Stoke War Hospital, London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of Stoke War Hospital which has now become part of the City General.
Stoke War Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A male ward at the hospital.
The ward is decorated with flags and flowers, to possibly celebrate the end of the First World War.
Stoke War Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is from a postcard entitled 'Stoke War Hospital' although you can't really see the hospital.
The bridge over the canal can be seen in the distance and houses on the right.
This view would now ...
The Fanny Deakin Maternity Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Fanny Deakin Maternity Hospital was opened in 1947. It was named in recognition of the fight of local Labour politician, Fanny Deakin, for the welfare of young children and expectant mothers.