Comments on: Phil Maxwell At The London Hospital

By: Issy

Issy — Sat, 21 May 2022 09:01:40 +0000

Whoever says this building should be demolished should keep their counsel. I was born in this hospital and to see it like this I’m in tears!p!

By: Lynne H

Lynne H — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:05:02 +0000

I was there with Lisa Knill. We were seconded from Gt Ormond Street to do our general training and both lived in Cavell Home in East Mount Street. We regularly walked across those bridges to get to the wards and, as Lisa says, an incredible experience it all was too. Morning prayers, quirky things like the London Hospital canvas backrests with leather straps and a ‘donkey’ (a sandbag) that sat in the foot of the bed for the patients to rest their feet on. We worked incredibly hard in those wards, known fondly as The Big End and the sisters were second to none for the discipline they imposed. Yes, we’d have to make sure all the bed wheels faced the same way when Bishop Huddleston came to visit the ward.

By: Lisa Knill

Lisa Knill — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:37:43 +0000

I worked at the London hospital in the 1970’s, it had a character all of it’s own. It was the time of the ‘Blind Beggar’ pub where the Kray twins were arrested , Evil Kinevil came to A and E following a failed stunt on his motorcycle and was only upset when they cut his White leather suit off, we were locked in the nurses home at night and the ward sisters held daily prayers which they read from a prayer board. One of the happiest and most influential times in my life.

By: Karen Harris

Karen Harris — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:33:53 +0000

Wonderful photographs. I trained and worked as a nurse at The London Hospital from 1975 until 1999 and only took a few photos. Possibly believing the place would stay the same forever. These photos are so evocative of my time. They bring back many great memories.

By: Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:13:13 +0000

A wonderful piece of nostalagia – I had my tonsils removed there in the summer of 1946. Thanks for sharing this.

By: Charlie Gibbons

Charlie Gibbons — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:32:31 +0000

I was a medical student at The London 84-89 and then a junior doctor. Fantastic old photos – hope the old building will be looked after and original features kept for its future use. I hope the old war memorial is respected.

By: Moyra Peralta

Moyra Peralta — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:30:06 +0000

Super! Up on the roof, too… I envy you, Phil 🙂

By: Keith Greenough

Keith Greenough — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:04:29 +0000

Excellent work.

By: Ian Silverton

Ian Silverton — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:53:56 +0000

The place should be pulled down,and new housing built for the poor local people to live and work,town hall what a joke!!!! Sooner done the better for the local people. What a dump it looks,then it never did look much,poor old EAST LONDON.

By: alison homewood

alison homewood — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:15:58 +0000

I was born at this hospital – my father was a junior Doctor here before he left for warmer climes. So glad it is being transformed into Tower Hamlets Town Hall, truly a great use of a heritage building. Thank you for such evocative photos