Hartford Hall Memories

[johndawsonjune1955]

lets look back at Hartford Hall as a rehabilitation centre .

It wern't just for miners. I been there myself in 1981 after an accident.

Lets see if we can put a name to faces beginning with 1982.

[johndawsonjune1955]

dissapointed no one knows anyone.

Who was there and remembers the dreaded Joyce or Joan. Cant remember her first name but her daughter one time was engaged to John Nettles of Bergerac FAME.

Here she is on thje left of pic.

1982 i believe this was taken.

who knows any of the guys in the pic ?

it would be nice to put a name to them

[johndawsonjune1955]

And them lovely gates. Remember them ?

Bought from the Paris Arts Exhibition by Malcolm they were.

Long gone

[johndawsonjune1955]

And heres a pic of the main gatepost showing the makers name.

[Malcolm Robinson]

And them lovely gates. Remember them ?

Bought from the Paris Arts Exhibition by Malcolm they were.

Long gone

Vienna 1873 John, so just a wee bit before my time!

Nice to get them back though!

[johndawsonjune1955]

nice pics too. but do you know anyone on the pics ?

[Adam Hogg]

lets look back at Hartford Hall as a rehabilitation centre .

It wern't just for miners. I been there myself in 1981 after an accident.

Lets see if we can put a name to faces beginning with 1982.

I'm not 100% sure but the one in the top middle looks like Alec Turner The lodge chairman of Bates Colliery in 1985.

[Marie Sillars]

On 02/04/2013 at 20:02, johndawsonjune1955 said:

lets look back at Hartford Hall as a rehabilitation centre .

It wern't just for miners. I been there myself in 1981 after an accident.

Lets see if we can put a name to faces beginning with 1982.

That looks like Bill Greaves, from Church Avenue. Second one in the back row, with glasses on. Was the lady physio called Joyce? 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

3 hours ago, Marie Sillars said:

That looks like Bill Greaves, from Church Avenue. Second one in the back row, with glasses on. Was the lady physio called Joyce? 

@Marie Sillars - can't tell you who they are Marie. If you select the johndawsonjune1955 tag, next to his posting/comment, you will see his profile and see it was April 2015when John last logged into the site. John runs a Facebook site - the sixtownships history group as well as a sister group, Coal Mining Memories UK where I think he will also have posted this photo. I will see if I can find it on the sixtownships site and see if anyone in the photo has been named.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@Marie Sillars - can't even find the photo on the sixtowships site 

[Marie Sillars]

Thanks for responding. I asked the grandson of the person I named.,But he said it was not him. Many thanks. Marie

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Posted the photo on the Bedlington remembered Facebook site Marie and Dough reckons No 20 is Heather, but can't remember her surname. He also says that there was a physio call Joyce Miller that was known as the 'Daffodil Lady' - if a patient could grip a daff, between their butt cheeks, after back and leg physio, they were on the mend.'

 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@Marie Sillars - Doug now says No 19 is Joyce Miller.

[Marie Sillars]

15 hours ago, Eggy1948 said:

Posted the photo on the Bedlington remembered Facebook site Marie and Dough reckons No 20 is Heather, but can't remember her surname. He also says that there was a physio call Joyce Miller that was known as the 'Daffodil Lady' - if a patient could grip a daff, between their butt cheeks, after back and leg physio, they were on the mend.'

 

Ha ha, yes. Joyce was there when I went in 1994.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

A member of the sixtownships site has said the lady physio in the photo with just three inmates on is Joyce Miller.

Both photos updated :-

 

[Tasha Crawford]

On 30/06/2017 at 21:26, Eggy1948 said:

Posted the photo on the Bedlington remembered Facebook site Marie and Dough reckons No 20 is Heather, but can't remember her surname. He also says that there was a physio call Joyce Miller that was known as the 'Daffodil Lady' - if a patient could grip a daff, between their butt cheeks, after back and leg physio, they were on the mend.'

 

Number 7 is my dad Gordon Crawford (physio). We used to live in a house in the grounds of the hall

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Names updated :- 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Names updated :-

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Update on the names from the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group members.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Hartford Hall - 1950's.

Photo posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group by Sylvia Kennedy - her granda No 30.