Lennox Castle

[nica]

Hi,
Not been on for a while so a big hello xxx
I was told that, during the war, Lennox Castle ( a psychiatric hospital) was also used as a Maternity unit!. I have tried Googling but can't find anything other than its use as a Psychiatric unit and its origins??? Does anybody know anything about it, or have tips where I could look. It would have been around 1944.
Thanks in advance

[emanday]

Hi Nica,

There are several sites which refer to this. Try these (the relevant paragraphs are further down the pages)...

http://www.welcometolennoxtown.co.uk/history.htm

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/hb20.html

[nelmit]

Hi,
Not been on for a while so a big hello xxx
I was told that, during the war, Lennox Castle ( a psychiatric hospital) was also used as a Maternity unit!. I have tried Googling but can't find anything other than its use as a Psychiatric unit and its origins??? Does anybody know anything about it, or have tips where I could look. It would have been around 1944.
Thanks in advance

My brother was born there in 1953.

As Mary says -

Archives at http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/hb32.html

Regards,
Annette

[keewik]

A friend was born there in 1944. I knew a man whose child was born there around late 60's. In 1971/72 my husband used to ship an old woman out there every Saturday fror 6 weeks to visit her sister who was being treated for some sort of orthopaedic problem.

[nica]

Thank you for that. Really interesting. I couldn't find anything about it being a maternity hospital but ...........I was born there so...must have been. I couldn't find it when I looked so, thank you again
xxx

[WilmaM]

Here's another page of basic information and photographs.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sjay.macl/ ... castle.htm

It's sad to see such lovely buildings get into such a terrible state.

[nelmit]

Thank you for that. Really interesting. I couldn't find anything about it being a maternity hospital but ...........I was born there so...must have been. I couldn't find it when I looked so, thank you again
xxx

Hello nica,

If you contact the archives they should hopefully be able to send you your mum's record.

Regards,
Annette

[momat]

This is a video about Lennox Castle Hospital.
One of my Aunts nursed there for many years in the Maternity Unit as a Midwife.

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1581

[dizzybint]

Two of my cousins were born in the hospital,, in the early 60s.. and yes it had a unit for maternity. I visisted as a child ..

[bagpipinglady]

Hi, I worked there from 1882-1991 or therabouts when it was a large 'Victorian-style' institution for people with learning disablilities or mental handicap as it was called then. 1500 residents when I started.