>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:06:22 -0000 >From: "Graham Harper" <mgharper@mgharper.co.uk> >Subject: [DUR-NBL] convalescence home whitburn >To: "DUR-NBL mailing list" <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <009601c738e0$acf0f210$4001a8c0@MAINPC> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hi Listers >Happy New Year to you all > >Does anyone out there know where the convalescence homes were in >Whitburn. These were for miners and their families. >Are they still intact or long since gone? They were at Horsley Hill, next to The Marsden Inn, but are long gone. The site is now used as an old peoples home, but it was previously a convalescent home. I would suggest you contact the Local Studies Department at South Shields Library for further information. Cheers ------ Philip