Hi Rob, Thanks, I already have a print out of that. Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: ROB SHEPHERD <robshepherd1974@googlemail.com> To: eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com CC: Stanmapstone@aol.com Sent: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:42 Subject: Re: VAD Hospitals Sunderland Hello Stan I forgot to add - preparations were made to gradually close Sunderland Pensions War Hospital in 1923 due to a falling demand. There is mention of this in an article in the British Medical Journal http://www.bmj.com/cgi/pdf_extract/1/3251/695 Rob