Here’s Hoylake Cottage Hospital situated at the corner of Deneshey Road and Birkenhead Road.
A topical photograph for this weeks Friday Photo as planning permission has just been granted to have it demolished and replaced. This 100 year old building will, subject to fund raising, be replaced with a new £1.5M day care centre. Construction is planned to start in 2012 with the new centre opening the following year.
Actually, although we all call it the Cottage Hospital the centre is currently named Hoylake Cottage. You can visit their official website here.
Oh Dear, another landmark to be demolished. Maybe the building is old, inefficient, un-adaptable, but Hoylake will soon become a jumble of badly designed un co-ordinated building. We have lost the Parish Church and Hall, the YMCA, the Royal, the Stanley, the Kingsway (garage and cinema). What next?
I remeber the Cottage Hospital well as I was in there in the early 60s with a cut knee. The first thing my father said when he visited me was that I was in the same bed in which my grandfather died in the bad winter of ’47!
We had a lovely chunky Matron who waddled in each day with a cheerful “How are my boys?” ,
Sister Hardman ran the ward well, Old Mr Ryding was opposite and asked her if there was anything she could give him to improve his appetite, Sister Hardman replied that a dose of worms was all she could offer!
Dr Ashe treated me in A&E, I remember he was a volunteer in the lifeboat crew and being a keen photographer he invariably took his camera on the boat. The Advertiser often had an on-the-spot photo of the latest rescue!
Dr Ashe was my dad.
Hi Rosamund alias Bud when I knew you. I am Margie Watts and your brother Johnny was big mates with me and my brother Tim. We would love to get back in touch.
Please contact me with the email below. Thank
Margie
I too was treated in A&E by Dr.Ashe each local G.P.covered the small casualty dept, i seem to remember a dislocated thumb, shoulder and a wasp sting to my eye. My grandparents were in patients there before passing away and now 40+ years later i`m assistant manager at Hoylake Cottage Charity Shop.
I too was concerned about the demolition of the Cottage, I’ve fond memories of the mother and baby clinic which I used in 1987 and not so fond memories of having my tonsils removed in the early 70’s. The old building is simply not suitable for the standards of care needed to look after the day centre patients. The staff really do an amazing job looking after the patients in the existing building.
If you look at the proposed plans you’ll see the proposed new building will give facilities that we, as residents of Hoylake should be proud of. The sensory garden is a great idea.
We have a picture of the proposed new building on display at our charity shop.