Sister Dora Convalescent Hospital
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Sister Dora Convalescent Hospital
Image: © John M Taken: 30 Nov 2013
The hospital was opened by the Bishop of Lichfield in April 1884. The hospital was funded by the proceeds of the biography by Margaret Lonsdale of Sister Dora the pioneering nurse in nearby Walsall from 1865 to 1878. The hospital took wounded soldiers at the outbreak of the Great War. until a large 1000 bed military hospital was built at Brindley Heath. The camp railway for Brocton and Rugeley Camps, 'the Tackeroo', was constructed through the hospital grounds. The hospital continued until the 1970s and much extended is currently a care home.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.785219
Longitude
-2.040732