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Hi Susan, that makes a lot of sense. I had wondered about it being a maternity hospital due to the presence of nurses and new born babies. I think you are right that the hotel was actually used to put the mothers up with their children instead.

Thanks very much for the information.

Graeme

Thanks lancsann, Goodwood being used as a maternity hospital makes more sense if Glenroyd was being used for a different purpose at the time.

I have recently started researching my wife's family and have been trying to find information on her grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Pugh (1916-1999, married name Davies) and know that she qualified as a nurse in St Helens between 1933 and 1936.

On the 1939 Register I have found her living at 86 Park Road, Blackpool, along with other nurses and midwives as well as several new born babies, which suggests that this may have been a maternity hospital. However, I can find no history of any kind of hospital at this address, although in the 1950s there were plans to use it as the 'Home for Old People at Goodwood' (not sure this ever happened, but there were tenders for building work in 1956). Also, the Glenroyd Maternity Hospital was nearby, so not sure whether two so close together would have been normal.

Given the date I am wondering if this might have been a temporary hospital set up after the start of the war.

if anyone has any information about this location it would be greatly appreciated, as would any pointers as to how to find out more.

Many thanks,
Graeme