Hi Rob Just a snippet about the Victoria Hall Disaster Fund that I picked up a little while ago whilst searching the National Archives site... Sunderland Royal Infirmary persuaded the Victoria Hall Disaster Fund to fund the establishment of Heatherdene convalescent home in Harrogate. It was at first principally for children (and some women) but later extended for adult convalescents. It was used as a military hospital 1914-1919 Just found the page for you http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1308&hospi Best regards Heather Carbis 2010/1/12 ROB SHEPHERD <robshepherd1974@googlemail.com> > Can anyone tell me more about the Victoria Hall > disaster fund and the > > committee overseeing this? > > > > Also, the Victoria Hall was enlarged I believe > sometime after 1900, could > > anyone tell me when this was? > > > > When was the fund finally closed? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Rob Online Parish Clerk for Morvah Cornwall http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~morvah and Padstow (web site pending) Visit my Family Tree's at GOODWIN and GORDON http://heatherac.tribalpages.com CARBIS SPARROW ATTWOOLL http://carbissparrow.tribalpages.com JOLLIFFE MOULAND http://jolliffemouland.tribalpages.com