Hi all, this is my first post so let me know if anything is wrong
This is situated on the site of a working hospital but was originally opened as a cottage hospital in 1936 and was a gift from a local family to all the people in the locality who were mainly miners families.
When the NHS was created in 1948, it was taken over as an NHS hospital and this wing was built to house the first NHS maternity unit in the UK.
due to larger hospitals in the county its doors were closed in 1984 as part of health board cut backs, however the main part of the hospital, is still open today.
In 2008, the National Health Service celebrated it's 60th anniversary and the Amman Valley Hospital was 72 years old.
On Saturday the 14th of June 2008, the Daily Mirror printed an article, in which the first person born under the National Health Service gave an interview.
Mrs Aneira Thomas was named after the Great Aneurin Bevan, the chief architect of the NHS and her name was chosen by the nurses at Amman Valley Hospital, where she was born at 12:01 am, on July 5th 1948.
IMG_8174 by martin jones, on Flickr
IMG_8160 by martin jones, on Flickr
as you can see inside the main corridor, its been pretty trashed by chavs, there is the remains of a piano in the passage flat on its back, burnt out.
IMG_8157 by martin jones, on Flickr
no sound of baby screams any more
IMG_8156 by martin jones, on Flickr
IMG_8153 by martin jones, on Flickr
the old delivery room, notice the little charachters on the tiles.
IMG_8144 by martin jones, on Flickr
some form of nure call system i think above one of the doors.
IMG_8131 by martin jones, on Flickr
the kitchen, in here the roof has collapsed and it was a little bit iffy
IMG_8136 by martin jones, on Flickr
there is that nurse call panel above the door
IMG_8141 by martin jones, on Flickr
IMG_8149-Recovered by martin jones, on Flickr
I hope you enjoyed my report as much as I enjoyed creating it, I did this explore on my own and I'd love to hear from others local to Swansea and Carmarthenshire who fancy joining me for my next trip out..
Cheers
This is situated on the site of a working hospital but was originally opened as a cottage hospital in 1936 and was a gift from a local family to all the people in the locality who were mainly miners families.
When the NHS was created in 1948, it was taken over as an NHS hospital and this wing was built to house the first NHS maternity unit in the UK.
due to larger hospitals in the county its doors were closed in 1984 as part of health board cut backs, however the main part of the hospital, is still open today.
In 2008, the National Health Service celebrated it's 60th anniversary and the Amman Valley Hospital was 72 years old.
On Saturday the 14th of June 2008, the Daily Mirror printed an article, in which the first person born under the National Health Service gave an interview.
Mrs Aneira Thomas was named after the Great Aneurin Bevan, the chief architect of the NHS and her name was chosen by the nurses at Amman Valley Hospital, where she was born at 12:01 am, on July 5th 1948.
IMG_8174 by martin jones, on FlickrIMG_8160 by martin jones, on Flickras you can see inside the main corridor, its been pretty trashed by chavs, there is the remains of a piano in the passage flat on its back, burnt out.
IMG_8157 by martin jones, on Flickrno sound of baby screams any more
IMG_8156 by martin jones, on FlickrIMG_8153 by martin jones, on Flickrthe old delivery room, notice the little charachters on the tiles.
IMG_8144 by martin jones, on Flickrsome form of nure call system i think above one of the doors.
IMG_8131 by martin jones, on Flickrthe kitchen, in here the roof has collapsed and it was a little bit iffy
IMG_8136 by martin jones, on Flickrthere is that nurse call panel above the door
IMG_8141 by martin jones, on FlickrIMG_8149-Recovered by martin jones, on FlickrI hope you enjoyed my report as much as I enjoyed creating it, I did this explore on my own and I'd love to hear from others local to Swansea and Carmarthenshire who fancy joining me for my next trip out..
Cheers
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