billange hospital

Hi
Could anyone tell me anything about this hospital.
My gr grandparents grandparents and parents all came from
around Hindley area.
As i was doing my family tree i noticed my grandfather Thomas Baxendale died here in the 1930s.

Thanks Patty

The hospital was the maternity hospital in Wigan up untill Summer of 2004.

The hospital has been demolished now for houses.

Interesting thread

Note the name is Billinge, Pattyann.

Not meaning to be pedantic, I mention it as you aren't local and may be goiing off word of mouth.

Some of Wigan's finest were born in the hospital.

Even though it could debar us from being true Wiganers.

Gareth - The hospital was NOT the maternity hospital in Wigan. Part of it WAS the maternity hospital in Billinge.

Pattyann's grandfather wouldn't have died in the maternity unit and neither was he a Wiganer. He was from Hindley!

patty are you a kiwi Billange?

Thanks Dostaf
Noted the misspelling,will put it
right in my files.
And Aussie not to sound thick but what is
a kiwi Billange[

Thanks

The Wigan Union Infirmary later to become Billinge Hospital consisted of an Occupational Health Department, Psychiatric Wards, Children's Ward, Female Surgery and Male Surgery Wards, Gynaecology and Cardiology Departments, Geriatric Wards and The Roy Hartley Maternity Department, as stated before the hospital was demolished in 2004, the estate built on the maternity site is called Hartley Green Gardens. You can also see photos and other information in the links below, and photos from off the wiganworld album below too.

Billing Hospital

Billinge Hospital

Thank-you for the lovely photos ayrefield and the
information much appreciated.

Patty

Your'e welcome, Patty.

Belting post, Ayrefield.

Hope you find the information you need Patty, cheers dostaf.

There were a lot more photos of the empty wards, theatre etc, on the twenty eight days later website, but they must have been taken off, pity really as they were taken just a short while after it had closed.

Thinking back I must have spent many hours in the subways under there spraying for cockroaches, it was like being in the tropics with the heat and the steam escaping from the pipes which was ideal conditions for cockroaches, though they were even outside in the gardens, orchard and greenhouses at the back of the hospital, I sometimes wonder when passing if the house owners have ever seen any — they'll probably think they are just garden beetles though.

Pattyann, have you got an Alan Baxendale in your tree. I used to be mates with him when we were at school in Hindley? I think he lives in St Helen's now.

I have a Thomas Baxendale in my family tree who also lived in Hindley . He married my great Aunt Annie Prescott in April 1950 at St Peters , Hindley , very late in life . Thomas was a widower . He died at the family home on Atherton Road in December 1963 and is buried in Hindley Cemetery .

Hi Wanner
Not sure about about an Alan Baxendale will keep his name in mind though.
Wigan Rover my Thomas died in the 1930s.He married a Mary ann Menzie.She died 1918.Thomas and Mary had 3 girls Sarah,Ellen and Martha.Ellen married a John James Paul.Sarah married John Ward and Martha married John Worthington.Some of them still live in Hindley i think.I think there are a few Thomas Baxendales buried in Hindley cemertrary.
Ayrefield
Pity the photos have been taken off,and reading your story made me chuckle.

Thanks
Patty

Love 28 days later!
Try this
http://home.btconnect.com/Hydraulic-Pneuma/billinge/billinge1.html

Tried the urbandesertion link but it doesn't work. Will keep looking.

I saw the 28dayslater photo's, it was such a shame some of it looked like they'd just left and closed the door. They'd even left the safe!

Some excellent photos of the hospital on your link daviessb, thanks for sharing.

Thanks Daviess
Sorry for not repling but have not had chance to
have a look at them yet looking forward to viwing them
when everyone gone home.

Thanks Patty

Hi Daviess

Thanks for the photos on the link some of them look a little scary. It gave me some insight to what the hospital looked like for my mother who came from Ince.
Thanks to all who contributed to my query on the hospital.

Thanks Pattyann

i worked at billinge hospitall for 13 years as a domestic and i remember my first night there when we were going in to the sluice room . the girl i was working with started to stamp her feet when she was going in to the room and i asked her why she was doing that and she said it was to frighten the cockroches ..i worked on the corridor and we used to see them regular and they were always spraying the floors also the girls who worked in the dining rooms used to tell us that at night if they had to turn on the lights in the dining area they were every were as soon as lights were turned on they dissapeared like magic..

rbilly - what years did you work at Billinge Hospital ?

Love the pics ayrefield Dennis was you born there too?
The staff did a great job while I was there so to them where ever they are now