Wigan Album
Billinge Hospital
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Photo: Karen Slater
Item #: 7932
i just missed the celebrations i went in on christmas day in 1963 i gave birth to my daughter we was the last to use roy hartley ward there was 4 babys born that day
Colin, the chap on the right, looks a rum bugger; looks like he's had one too many...
Would your Mum be Maureen by any chance
Hiya Margaret, Maureen was my auntie, her brother Joe was my dad.I have a few old piccies of them aswell because Maureen worked at Billinge Hospital too.
The guy on the right is Colin Silcock he came from Orrell
Gosh I glad they weren't delivering my baby that night lololol
I never met joe Slater, but heard about him.
Wasn't he the Staion Officer at Billinge Ambulance Station?
He left just before I started at Standish Ambulance Station, in November '69.(There was then,an acting SO)
Both stations then came under Lancashire County Amb Service, 'til the NHS took over in '74. I did a couple of spells at Billinge as a reserve.
Yes Art, he was the Station Officer.
That's the day I was born, xmas eve 63 at Billinge, obviously can't remember much.
COLIN WAS THE TRANSPORT OFFICER AT LEIGH HOSPITAL WHEN I STARTED AT WIGAN AMULANCE 1979,HE WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN.