Former Edward Malam Convalescent Home

Image: © Richard Hoare Taken: 22 Jun 2017

The home was used for convalescent and recuperative holidays for the people of North Staffordshire from 1913. There seems to be relatively little known about this institution but North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser (16th November 1917, p4) lists this as a military auxiliary hospital in the First World War not under the authority of the Red Cross. A mention in the same paper of the Malam Home and the soldiers it looked after in 1915 and that in 1916 the Edward Malam Convalescent Home, Deganwy, was being used as a Hospital for wounded soldiers confirms that this was used as a military convalescent hospital (North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser 3rd December 1915, p7; 25th February 1916, p4). Y Cymro (23rd June 1915, p7) also records a dinner and concert given for the wounded soldiers from the Malam Home. The Home was partly staffed by Deganwy V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachment) The Home is now converted into apartments and called Malam Court.

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