... CHAPEL MAY BE SICK WARD Alexandra Hospital lA old chapel that was tk' J for religious services at Barnstaple workhouse (now the Sandra Hospital) may be turned wards for sick people. ftp Monday's meeting of the North Hospital Committee, the secth y (Mr ...

... 'GRANNIE'S KITCHEN' No Workhouse Atmosphere Now in The Alexandra Hospital BETTER LIGHTING AND HEATING: MORE BATHS AND EFFICIENT MEALS SERVICE A OST people know that what was once the Barnstaple pub.ic assistance institution (the workhouse) now goes under the ...

... Molten and Torrington— were taken over the Regional Hospital Board 'as hospitals. Those buildings had bean designed as i workhouses, and in order to make them into suitable accommodation Tor old people considerable amount !of adaptations had to be carried ...

... responding, praised the work of the North Devon Hospital Committee for the manner in which they had transformed the old workhouse premises into the Alexandra Hospital. If we only displayed the enthusiasm for peace that we show in regard to our fairs we ...

... old people over 70 five shillings a week, but not to those in receipt of parish pay, as it was then called, while those in workhouses fared no better, for the simple reason that neither party had a vote; and who wanted the five shillings more than they, ...