You may well be right. I think the dates on the NCC plans at NRO might clarify matters. The information in the available articles is conflicting- I know it was a convalescent home by the mid 1970s . I don't know enough about the evacuees to know whether there were enough women to warrant a maternity home for them. I know mother's family had mother and toddler evacuees. But at that time women were mainly having home births so one might have expected evacuees to do the same, so it is interesting to learn if there were different arrangements for evacuees. Some women identified as needing special care went into hospital even though there was no NHS-one of my grandmothers in law was an example. I have set my sister, who lives in a neighbouring village, to ask around. Rosie On 15/05/2016 10:48, Dave Hamilton via wrote: > Hello Rosie, > > you wrote:- > Billingford is a fair step from Stow so presumably the birth referred to > was an admission well in advance of the birth-a county wide facility > used by GPs for potentially difficult cases or illness during pregnancy > one wonders ? > > Doris was born in the 'Old Kent Road' just south of the 'Elephant & Castle' > An area of hustle & bustle and moved with her parents Welling, Kent in 1936. > Despite being a small town Doris missed London. > Then married & pregnant was evacuated from Kent to Billingford. > After the birth returned to live in Kent as soon as possible. > She could not stand the peace and quiet of Norfolk. > > Another point is the fact the National Health did not start until 1948. > So it is very hard to see a Welling doctor contacting a doctor in Norfolk. > >From this I think Stow Bardolph Emergency hospital my well have been used by > evacuees. > I attended a school like this in Holsworthy Devon where even the teachers > were evacuees. > bye > DaveH > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not Norfolk. At the time of the London Blitz (1940) pregnant women were moved out to a cottage hospital at Welwyn Garden City. But at six weeks had to move back to London (as my aunt and cousin did) and take their chances with the rest of us as the evacuee system had been more or less wound up. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <xpn11@aol.com> To: "Dave Hamilton" <gradhuk39@btinternet.com>; <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [NFK] Stow Hall > You may well be right. I think the dates on the NCC plans at NRO might > clarify matters. The information in the available articles is conflicting- > I know it was a convalescent home by the mid 1970s . I don't know enough > about the evacuees to know whether there were enough women to warrant a > maternity home for them. I know mother's family had mother and toddler > evacuees. But at that time women were mainly having home births so one > might have expected evacuees to do the same, so it is interesting to learn > if there were different arrangements for evacuees. Some women identified > as needing special care went into hospital even though there was no > NHS-one of my grandmothers in law was an example. > I have set my sister, who lives in a neighbouring village, to ask around. > Rosie > On 15/05/2016 10:48, Dave Hamilton via wrote: >> Hello Rosie, >> >> you wrote:- >> Billingford is a fair step from Stow so presumably the birth referred to >> was an admission well in advance of the birth-a county wide facility >> used by GPs for potentially difficult cases or illness during pregnancy >> one wonders ? >> >> Doris was born in the 'Old Kent Road' just south of the 'Elephant & >> Castle' >> An area of hustle & bustle and moved with her parents Welling, Kent in >> 1936. >> Despite being a small town Doris missed London. >> Then married & pregnant was evacuated from Kent to Billingford. >> After the birth returned to live in Kent as soon as possible. >> She could not stand the peace and quiet of Norfolk. >> >> Another point is the fact the National Health did not start until 1948. >> So it is very hard to see a Welling doctor contacting a doctor in >> Norfolk. >> >From this I think Stow Bardolph Emergency hospital my well have been >> >used by >> evacuees. >> I attended a school like this in Holsworthy Devon where even the teachers >> were evacuees. >> bye >> DaveH >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

My mothers family went to Hertfordshire from new cross when there home was set on fire by an incendiary bomb they lost everything I was born in Ashridge house which was a maternity home for London evacuees at the time. Then a hospital for returning prisoners of war still have the coffee service that you grandfather bought off of one ! Carolynn Langley Sent from my iPad > On 17 May 2016, at 12:53, Bob Rust via <norfolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Not Norfolk. > > At the time of the London Blitz (1940) pregnant women were moved out to a > cottage hospital at Welwyn Garden City. > But at six weeks had to move back to London (as my aunt and cousin did) and > take their chances with the rest of us as the evacuee system had been more > or less wound up. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <xpn11@aol.com> > To: "Dave Hamilton" <gradhuk39@btinternet.com>; <norfolk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: [NFK] Stow Hall > > >> You may well be right. I think the dates on the NCC plans at NRO might >> clarify matters. The information in the available articles is conflicting- >> I know it was a convalescent home by the mid 1970s . I don't know enough >> about the evacuees to know whether there were enough women to warrant a >> maternity home for them. I know mother's family had mother and toddler >> evacuees. But at that time women were mainly having home births so one >> might have expected evacuees to do the same, so it is interesting to learn >> if there were different arrangements for evacuees. Some women identified >> as needing special care went into hospital even though there was no >> NHS-one of my grandmothers in law was an example. >> I have set my sister, who lives in a neighbouring village, to ask around. >> Rosie >>> On 15/05/2016 10:48, Dave Hamilton via wrote: >>> Hello Rosie, >>> >>> you wrote:- >>> Billingford is a fair step from Stow so presumably the birth referred to >>> was an admission well in advance of the birth-a county wide facility >>> used by GPs for potentially difficult cases or illness during pregnancy >>> one wonders ? >>> >>> Doris was born in the 'Old Kent Road' just south of the 'Elephant & >>> Castle' >>> An area of hustle & bustle and moved with her parents Welling, Kent in >>> 1936. >>> Despite being a small town Doris missed London. >>> Then married & pregnant was evacuated from Kent to Billingford. >>> After the birth returned to live in Kent as soon as possible. >>> She could not stand the peace and quiet of Norfolk. >>> >>> Another point is the fact the National Health did not start until 1948. >>> So it is very hard to see a Welling doctor contacting a doctor in >>> Norfolk. >>>> From this I think Stow Bardolph Emergency hospital my well have been >>>> used by >>> evacuees. >>> I attended a school like this in Holsworthy Devon where even the teachers >>> were evacuees. >>> bye >>> DaveH >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message