Harold Wood Hospital - April 2009

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The hospital was opened in 1909 by West Ham County Borough council, as the Grange convalescent home for children, which operated with the nearby Plaistow fever hospital. The Grange had been a private house, built in 1884 by John Compton, owner of the Gubbins estate. The convalescent home was maintained by the county borough until the Second World War, as an emergency hospital. After the war it became a permanent hospital, and in the 1960s was significantly enlarged.[1]

The hospital later became part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust. It was closed on 13 December 2006 with patients and functions relocated to Queen's Hospital and to King George Hospital. The site vacated by the hospital has been earmarked for a 470-home housing development.

Visited with Natevansate, couple of close shaves with security but all good in the end.

Few pics, will post a few more up shortly once all processed.

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Very nice fella, don't think i've seen this place before But can you reduce the size of the pics please? They are fookin Mahoosive!

Sorry mate, they are uploaded that size because they get posted elsewhere and thats the required size.

Few more