18th November 2010 - The last two babies were born in St Johns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9205000/9205573.stm
The maternity unit has now moved to Broomfield Hospital.
'Tens of thousands of children have been born at St John's maternity ward since it opened in 1926.' Apparently, half of Chelmford was born there.
July 2011 Property developer, Inland PLC, has bought half of the 13-acre (2.6 hectares) site once occupied by St John's Hospital in Chelmsford. To date, nothing has been developed there.
There are still many patient / medical records left laying all over the place...
Everywhere you look there are reminders this was a hospital for babies/children (and their families)...
We saw a lot of these with messages, initially I thought it was urbexers, but this was just one of many messages left by the staff who seemed to have really enjoyed working at St Johns. I've not included the main wall of rememberance, it seemed a bit too personal to put on a forum like this. But it was touching to have stood and read it.
This visit was done with Steve2109, KingLewis and Bambii (who didnt fall over for a nice change
)
And finally this shot, I'm quite gutted this one didnt come out well, but I'm including it anyway
Lots of pics again, sorry.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9205000/9205573.stm
The maternity unit has now moved to Broomfield Hospital.
'Tens of thousands of children have been born at St John's maternity ward since it opened in 1926.' Apparently, half of Chelmford was born there.
July 2011 Property developer, Inland PLC, has bought half of the 13-acre (2.6 hectares) site once occupied by St John's Hospital in Chelmsford. To date, nothing has been developed there.
There are still many patient / medical records left laying all over the place...
Everywhere you look there are reminders this was a hospital for babies/children (and their families)...
We saw a lot of these with messages, initially I thought it was urbexers, but this was just one of many messages left by the staff who seemed to have really enjoyed working at St Johns. I've not included the main wall of rememberance, it seemed a bit too personal to put on a forum like this. But it was touching to have stood and read it.
This visit was done with Steve2109, KingLewis and Bambii (who didnt fall over for a nice change
)
And finally this shot, I'm quite gutted this one didnt come out well, but I'm including it anyway
Lots of pics again, sorry.
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