Stuart0742 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I received this photo today, the sender thought it may be Wharncliffe War Hospital, I am not sure, the buildings don't look correct The uniforms look correct just the location not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 There's another, similar picture somewhere on here, but I can't seem to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I agree the buildings don't look like the Wharncliffe War Hospital . I've searched through all the old pictures of Wharncliffe War Hospital on picturesheffield but none of them look like these buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 It looks like the rear of a row of terraced houses, so the picture could have been just about anywhere. The men all look mobile though some have crutches. There are also small children in the photo. Possibly a group on an outing or at a social gathering somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 It looks like the rear of a row of terraced houses, so the picture could have been just about anywhere. The men all look mobile though some have crutches. There are also small children in the photo. Possibly a group on an outing or at a social gathering somewhere? Looks like a Bowling Green, could this be a clue, I would not have thought they would have travelled far. Perhaps just as far as a pub/club which just happened to have a bowling green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I suggested on Facebook that this might be the bowling green on Hands Lane/Hands Road, the houses being on Springvale Road. The Western Road School, which seemed to have been used (in part?) for a hospital, is nearby. 1923 There is also the Commonside Hospital next to the bowling green. Was this used as a war hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwarr Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Help, please! I'm unable to paste in my Word Reply; what am I doing wrong? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Do you mean that you want to paste copied text into the reply box Peter? If so, it is something which happens to me sometimes as well. After copying, right click in the reply box doesn't give the paste option. What I have to do is: type something into the reply box, high-lite it and then right click. You then get the normal paste option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwarr Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Thanks Vox, fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwarr Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The men in the photo are wearing their “going-out” uniform, being able to spend some time outside the hospital. Several canteens and other facilities were created in the city centre for convalescent soldiers. Here’s a list of auxiliary hospitals in the Third Northern General Hospital, including Western Road. Wharncliffe War Hospital was administered separately from the Third Northern Hospital. (There are lots of photos in Picture Sheffield.) Commonside was one of the “fever hospitals” administered by the city. UNITS OF THE THIRD NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL This large military hospital was centred on a ‘Base’ in Ecclesall Road, and also occupied buildings across the city and nearby. Details changed slightly from year to year, but enlargement meant that around 4,600 beds had become available in all sections by 1918. (Bramall Lane Hospital – last in the list below – started work in that year.) Principal locations and sizes of units in 1918 are listed in the sequence of their opening: Primary units (2602 beds in total) Ecclesall Road Base, 438 beds Royal Infirmary, 87 beds Royal Hospital, 80 beds Winter Street Hospital, 134 beds Firvale Hospital, 462 beds Carterknowle School, 115 beds Lydgate Lane School, 130 beds Ranmoor School, 110 beds Greystones School, 150 beds Shiregreen School, 145 beds Firshill School, 150 beds Western Road School, 70 beds Ecclesall Infirmary, 200 beds Endcliffe Hall, 130 beds Oakbrook Officers’ Hospital, 51 beds Bramall Lane Cricket Pavilion, 150 beds Auxiliary and convalescent hospitals In addition, around thirty affiliated institutions provided about 2,000 beds for less serious cases. Within Sheffield were St John’s Hospital at Dore and the Woofindin Convalescent Home in Whiteley Wood, and outside the city were (for example) Longshaw Lodge at Grindleford, Aston Hall in Derby, Loversall Hall in Doncaster, and the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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