was there ever

a hospital on Frog Lane? number 75 by perchance.

On the old geneology trail once more and on a few death certs the place of death keeps coming up with 75 Frog Lane, was it a hospital or could it even have been the workhouse, anyone shed any light on this please

I dont know where it was exactly, but this is a photo I got from a book, so it did exist.

hope it helps

It was Wigan Union Workhouse, later Frog Lane Geriatric Hospital where Markland Court is now opposite the cleansing department.
For details.
Look Here

Aitch

for some reason I cant see the photo, it has just come out as a red x in a box, even when I right click to open the picture nothing happens, any chance you can try again.

and is it a hospital or a workhouse

Art

thanks a million for that, ive just found exactly the paragraph I was looking for

"From 1930, the former workhouse became Frog Lane Public Assistance Institution providing care for the elderly and chronic sick. After the setting up of the National Health Service in 1948, it became Frog Lane Welfare Home and later as Frog Lane Hospital. It finally closed in around 1970. The buildings were demolished in the 1990s and housing now occupies the site."

this answers a lot of outstanding questions for me

Very Much Appreciated

If I ever meet you I'll buy you a very large Brandy

according to the Hospital Records Database the address was 75 Frog Lane

steff, I dont understand why you cant see the picture, its showing on my page, can anyone else either see, or not see, the picture of frog lane hospital. ????

There for me, Aitch.

And me.

I dont know what it is Aitch, ive had this problem before, I think its something to do with the settings done via our IT dept, sometimes you can see a link sometimes you cant.

But thanks anyway

if you want to give me an email address, I can send it that way

Steff 63, Thanks but I never touch the stuff

I took an elderly friend of mine & his wife into that hospital in 1970.( I was on the LCC ambulance service)
The man died the day after, his wife the day after that.

Some, thought that the very idea of going in the "Workhouse", saw them off...Very sad

Steff
You can't see the picture because it is a photobucket picture and you have said before that you are banned from viewing photobucket at work

The old entrance to the Wigan Workhouse and Frog Lane Hospital still exists, as can be seen here

Aitch
thanks a lot but ive managed to get a photograph of the old place, and APLS you are bang on the ehtrance is as shown on your newer photo.

thanks again to everyone who helped

art did you ever work out of the ambulance station in pottery road.

Steff. Here are a few pics of the Workhouse/hospital for your perusal

Workhouse thread

rf22vul . My home station was Standish, but I went on reserve to Hindley(the old station, Cross St) Platt Bridge (the one that took it's place, Stanley St) & Billinge.
I did an advanced course at Wigan, Pottery Rd, after we joined forces from Lancs County Amb to Greater Manchester NHS...

art
i worked across the road from the pottery road station,vulcanite from 1958 to 1965.not worked out the url,s yet.

Do you have a photobucket, or similar, online account to upload your images to?
They must be on the internet before you can download them to forums, messageboards etc.
I did PM you this morning about this

thanks art i did ge tthe info, i am on virgin broadband, i
have photobucket account.i have not had time to try your info out.trying to do to many things at one time.

shame they knocked it down it was a great lookin building

I didnt know that was were the hospital used to be but remember my mum telling me that my grandad who died around 1963 was terrified when he was ill of bieng sent to Frog Lane hospital as he always thought of it as the workhouse that it had been when he was younger .After seeing the old pictures of it I'm not suprised.