Harold Wood Hospital - Romford - Jan 2011

[Nelly]

Went out on a "Hospital" day with Mr Skeleton Key.

Started out at Highwood in Brentwood and then ended up here

Harold Wood Hospital

History

I'm sure that you may have read this before but here goes............

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.

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.

The original plan to keep certain NHS facilities has been superseded and the entire plot has been approved for residential development. Local residents are opposing the proposal of over 800 dwellings, including a 9 storey block.

An Indoor Lawn

We waited for 45 minutes but still no waitress!!!

The guest list!!!

A man in black walking his dog

The Roof

Sorry it's a bit pic heavy but I couldn't narrow it down anymore

Thanks for looking

 

[Wevsky]

Pic heavy nah..its a nice place mate well taken pics..and no waitress

 

[Maniac]

You didn't bump into mr arsehole of a securiy guard and his little chums then? Lucky you! olice2:

It's a bit stripped in places Harold wood is, but I still liked the small bit of it we saw when we went.

Cheers for posting.

M

 

[Nelly]

You didn't bump into mr arsehole of a securiy guard and his little chums then? Lucky you! olice2: It's a bit stripped in places Harold wood is, but I still liked the small bit of it we saw when we went.

Cheers for posting.

M

Endless sec patrols, and to be fair they are obviously animal lovers cos they walk their pooches endlessly, but we managed to stay away from them.

Stripped????? Someboday has earn't a lot of scrap money out of that place