CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - Free Screening - Mitchell Arts Centre - Tuesday 8th October, 11.00am October 01 2024
Ray Johnson introduces a genuine piece of archive: This story of the City General is told by the hospital staff themselves - Ray interviewed many of the staff who were interested in various aspects of the Hospital's history and activities.
The programme has three sections: Firstly, we are taken on a guided tour of the hospital site in 1988 charting its growth in buildings and services from the mediaeval hospital of St.Loy on that site, to its days as the Stoke-on-Trent Workhouse from 1842 - to the busy "general hospital" it became in 1875.
The fast disappearing remaining buildings, rooms and facilities from the early days are captured here on film. Then we hear comments from many hospital staff doctors, nurses and other workers past and present of how things had changed over the decades, together with some personal stores and anecdotes - some going back to pre NHS days.
Finally, we look at some other aspects of working life in The City General - a hospital rich in character and history which served our community for over a century - to be eventually superseded by The Royal Stoke Hospital in 2014. This documentary captures the City General in 1988 - with the demolition of older buildings and just as the first wards of the future Royal Stoke were being built.
No need to book. Free Parking on Tesco Car Park: Clough St, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 4LS - Park, and exit car park to the left of main Tesco entrance. Walk up to Broad Street, arriving next to Mitchell Arts Centre. In the foyer, enter your car registration on the foyer screen - you have free parking for the duration of your visit.