Fishponds Bristol

[stevenbecker]

Mates,

 

I have an AIF soldier sent from Gallipoli to what is shown as;

 

 (Beaufort War) hosp Fishponds Bristol UK

 

A number of AIF soldiers were sent to the Bristol area but to the (2 southern GH) hosp Bristol UK.

 

I have not seen this hosp before, Can you give any details on the hosp at Fishponds?

 

Cheers

 

S.B

[seaJane]

It was the hospital that artist Stanley Spencer worked in as an orderly before he was sent to Mesopotamia, and appears in at least one of his paintings for the Sandham Memorial Chapel:

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sandham-memorial-chapel

 

A quick Google search, with inverted commas to keep the three words as a phrase, brings up a lot of material:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="beaufort+war+hospital"&oq="beaufort+war+hospital"

 

Hope that helps.

[14276265]

A pre-war Lunatic Asylum, the institution was requisitioned as the Beaufort War Hospital for the duration. It closed after the war and then reopened as the civilian Glenside Hospital for mentally ill patients, finally closing in the early 1990s. A grim looking building which I used to drive by on the way to work many years ago.

 

Have a look at this link:

 

http://www.glensidemuseum.org.uk/beaufort-war-hospital-home-page/

 

 

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[Michelle Young]

It's now part of the University of the West of England. When I was studying there fairly recently, our tutors offices were in the first floor former padded cells. I like the rather Italianate architecture, but then I worked at Bristol General Hospital which was similar.

 

Michelle 

[Guest]

Mates,

 

Many thanks for your kind replys.

 

Cheers

S.B