The London Road Community Hospital, (formerly Derbyshire Royal Infirmary), is a hospital in Derby, part of the Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust] It is based in the city centre. The other main hospital in Derby is the Royal Derby Hospital.
During the year that he was Mayor of Derby, Sir Alfred Seale Haslam managed to replace the old William Strutt Infirmary with the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. In 1890 there had been an outbreak of disease at the old infirmary and Sir William Evans, President of the Infirmary arranged a three day inspection which condemned the old building. When Queen Victoria came to open the new hospital on 21 May 1891 she knighted Haslam for his services and gave permission for the term "Royal" to be used.
This was a off chance visit for Shush,MrToby and myself.,,as we were literaly a few minutes away from the site after returning home from a few other places we visited earlier in the day..the hospital is connected straight into the new live hospital,which made things difficult for us,and eventually lead to the 3 of us being spotted by security,who contacted the Police..both parties were sound,and did a good job,credit due.I will not be giving any access details out to strangers...We only covered a small part of the old hospital,and it was the first time out using my 50mm,so the pics arnt as good as i would have liked,but anyways,here are a few....thanks for looking..
During the year that he was Mayor of Derby, Sir Alfred Seale Haslam managed to replace the old William Strutt Infirmary with the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. In 1890 there had been an outbreak of disease at the old infirmary and Sir William Evans, President of the Infirmary arranged a three day inspection which condemned the old building. When Queen Victoria came to open the new hospital on 21 May 1891 she knighted Haslam for his services and gave permission for the term "Royal" to be used.
This was a off chance visit for Shush,MrToby and myself.,,as we were literaly a few minutes away from the site after returning home from a few other places we visited earlier in the day..the hospital is connected straight into the new live hospital,which made things difficult for us,and eventually lead to the 3 of us being spotted by security,who contacted the Police..both parties were sound,and did a good job,credit due.I will not be giving any access details out to strangers...We only covered a small part of the old hospital,and it was the first time out using my 50mm,so the pics arnt as good as i would have liked,but anyways,here are a few....thanks for looking..
