Would like to find out about the flint family that lived in Bedfordshire before 1799 REGARDS TONY FLINT > From: bedford-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 7 > To: bedford@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 01:00:50 -0700 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 3 Kimbolton Road, Bedford (Lee Goleby) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 11:18:55 +1000 > From: "Lee Goleby" <leemgee@internode.on.net> > Subject: Re: [BDF] 3 Kimbolton Road, Bedford > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <PEECILMMLFDJGCIPNFIJCEDIDFAA.leemgee@internode.on.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thank-you everyone for the responses regarding this address. > > It is interesting to see the progression of the institution from Workhouse > (1796), to Poor Law Infirmary, to Public Assistance Institution (St > Peter's), to the amalgamation under the NHS, to a current facility for > mental health/addiction patients. Dr H. Dean Pollard M.B., F.R.C.S. must > have had a lot to do with the changes if he worked there from 1900 to 1948. > > I have ordered a copy of the book "Private Charity and the Public Purse" by > Bernard Cashman in order to learn more about the changes over time. > > Cheers > > Lee in Australia > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BEDFORD list administrator, send an email to > BEDFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BEDFORD mailing list, send an email to BEDFORD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 7 > ************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/