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Tag Archives: Midlands Heritage Forum
St, Matthews Hospital – can you help?
Following on from last week’s post about the the remarkable gallery of images of St. Matthews Hospital in Burntwood, the poster of those images, Tony Briggs, has been in touch to ask if anyone can help him gather personal reminiscences … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, David Budden, Derelict, Local History, mental hospital, Midlands Heritage Forum, new pictures, Picasa, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, Tony Briggs, Yamahapaul
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The folk on the hill
It’s with great interest and thanks to the dedicated folks over at the Midlands Heritage Forum, that I can now highlight new information being collated about St. Matthews Hospital. Forum stalwarts YamahaPaul and TonyB appear to have done a great … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, David Budden, Derelict, Local History, mental hospital, Midlands Heritage Forum, new pictures, Picasa, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, Tony Briggs, Yamahapaul
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