| The Walsall General (Sister Dora) Hospital was built
in 1878 as a replacement for the Cottage Hospital which
closed in 1875. While the hospital was being built a
temporary hospital was set up in Bridgeman Place, in a
building owned by the London & North Western Railway.
The new hospital was originally called the New Cottage
Hospital. In 1894 it became the Walsall & District
Hospital. The hospital originally had 7 wards
with 42 beds, and cost over £5,000 to build.
It later became Walsall General Hospital and was
greatly extended. A new Consulting Department was added
in 1929, and in 1930 a new X-Ray department, new
operating theatres, and orthopaedic departments were added.
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The main entrance to the Accident
and Emergency Department. Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
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The view from the consultants
car park, looking towards the entrance.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
| The entrance to the
consultants car park. The nurses home is on the right.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
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On the left is the Mortuary,
and on the right, in the distance, is the entrance to
the Dispensary, the X-Ray Department, and the Department
of Pathology. Courtesy of
Tony Highfield. |
| A side view of the hospital
from Wednesbury Road.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
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| The view from the main
entrance to the car park. In the background is the
Mortuary, on the right Physiotherapy, and on the left
the Outpatients Department, and the entrance to the
boiler room. Courtesy of
Tony Highfield. |
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The side entrance to the
Accident and Emergency Department.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
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On the left is the nurses home, on
the right is the consultants car park. Courtesy of Tony
Highfield. |
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In the foreground are the old
wards. In the distance is St. Mary's The Mount Parish
Hall, and Glebe Street.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
| A view from the roof of the
wards, looking towards Pleck and James Bridge. The small
building on the roof was an air raid warning station in
World War 2. The modern building in the background on
the left is Glebe House, which is still there today.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield. |
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The view from the rear
entrance with the old wards on the left, and the bicycle
sheds on the right.
Courtesy of Tony Highfield.
In 1954 it became the Walsall General (Sister Dora)
Hospital, and in the 1960s it was refurbished.
The hospital closed in 1989 after the Walsall Area
Health Authority decided to centralise
health care at the Manor Hospital.
It had been hoped to save the buildings for use as a
hospital for the care of mental health patients.
Unfortunately it was decided that the buildings were unsuitable,
and so they were demolished in 1995. |
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