Woolley Sanitorium / TB Hospital

[turkey5aa]

thanks for the inormation about wolleys records been ket at woodhorn my sister was born in wolley in 1963. im goin to go down & see what i can find x

[janeb123]

Wooley sanatorium doesn't exist any more, Once it stopped being used as a TB hospital they burned it to the ground in the late 1960's to prevent any diseases spreading.. There are just 2 staff houses and some ploughed fields now...

[janeb123]

When I rang Woodhorn about accessing the archive records I was told that because the hospital records deal with personal data about people who may still be alive there is a 100 year embargo on the records. However, you can ask for special permission to view them as long as you can prove that you are a relative of the person you are looking for. You need to e-mail them asking for this permission and apparently it can take some time to come through.

[turkey5aa]

hi jane i thort it was the sanitorium in barrasford that burnt down?  i knew a man that lived in the old matrons house not so long back

[janeb123]

I don't know about Barrasford ~ maybe it did. But my uncle who was in Wooley went to visit a few years back and he told me it had been burned and was  no longer there. Maybe there was a policy at the time of burning all the old TB hosdpitals because of fears of contagion?

[stanmapstone]

Maybe there was a policy at the time of burning all the old TB hospitals because of fears of contagion?

No, there was not 

Stan

[Mr J T Arthur]

I have two pictures taken early 1930's at either Woolley Sanatorium or Seal Burns Isolation hospital taken from the outside showing the beds in the outside corridor but I have never been able to establish which place it was only a much earlier picture of Seal Burns from the outside doesn't seem to match. My late mother was on a visit when it was taken and I know the patient did later die of TB. In the past I heard frequent mention of both by the older generation. Does your pictures give any clues about the structure of the building? I believe the road sign to Woolley is still there or at least it was long after the building was demolished.

J.T.A.

Hi All

Wonder if anyone can help?

My Grandfather (born 1911) had TB as a child and was sent to Woolley Sanatorium near Slaley in Northumberland.  I would like to find out more about the place and what treatment they received.  Also I have some photos of children with nurses, which I presume are from his stay there, but I'm not sure.

I have googled but to no avail.  Any info would be gratefully received.

Regards

EeyoreBlue

[madmurph]

what about stannington hospital, i dont know when it was built but it was a tb sanatorium and was still in use in the 70s
its near morpeth

[EeyoreBlue]

Hi JTA

When I get the chance I will pm you with scans of the pictures.  From memory (I'm not at home) I think they are of a wooden structured single storey building.  There are some steps up to it, on which children are sitting.

I'm certain it was Woolley where my Grandad was, as I remember his brother telling me that he got the train to Hexham and then walked to Woolley to see him.  He was nine years older than my grandfather, but would only have been about 14 or 15 at the time.

EeyoreBlue