Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I hope you are happy and comfortable there, nottinghamite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Firs come Firs served? Thanks,Michael that was intended for Lizzie ! Others may have wondered! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 http://www.nottinghamhospitalshistory.co.uk/page103.html I was born at Highbury Vale Maternity Hospital under Dr Jean Lesley Baker. My wife was born in the same year 1966 under the same doctor but she was at the Furs Unit on Mansfield Road in Sherwood, Apparrently it was common for doctors to fill in for each other during holiday periods Strangley our first son was born at Nottingham City Hospital. The Doctor in charge of my wife and sons treatment was the very same DrJean Lesley Baker who had delivered both myself and my wife back in 1966. Apologies for the snippets of useless information 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I met Dr Cochrane many years after my birth, at a Nottingham Hospitals Radio do, and I slapped his backside. I considered it revenge as he did it to me in 1961. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anne of Aspley 12 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hello, If anyone is interested in buying a book about The Firs/Abel Collins Maternity Home, it is fascinating. I have bought a copy and love it. It fills in many blanks I have been searching many years to find. The money goes to different Nottingham Charities...all good causes The author is David J. Hallam Jones Copies cost 5 pounds each. They can be ordered by calling 07928781022 There is also an excellent write up in the Nottingham June Bygones about The Firs as well as other Nottingham hospitals. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dat47 92 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 My twin sister & I were born in 1947 under the expertise of Dr Cochrane & Dr Loxton. Mum told us Dr C bet Dr L 20 Players cigs that one twin would be still born, 20 mins after Mary arriverd I came along weighing 2 & half pound, 68 years on I am still here to tell the tale. How wrong was he. My mum & dad very proud parents,& Dr C.20 cigs lighter. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anne of Aspley 12 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I wonder how many twins were delivered at The Firs?? I was born a twin, but sadly my twin sister only lived for two days. We were born in 1935. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anne of Aspley 12 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Re the book I posted about called The Firs Maternity Hospital, Nottingham, England. A Short History can be purchased using any of these phone numbers... 0115 9691633 or 07870539291 It is well worth the 5 pounds....I find it fascinating 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Remember Dr Cochrane very well, in the early 70's my wife had a fairly troubled early second pregnancy and at 4 1/2 months started to hemorrhage in the early hours, the doctor who then called an ambulance and she was taken to Peel st women's hospital. I drove down with my dad but was not allowed in to see her as she had been taken straight into surgery, we sat there for an hour or so then Dr Cochrane came and introduced himself and told me we had lost our second child to be, a little girl, but in his opinion it was a godsend ! I was pretty shook up, and my wife was devastated, but remember his words vividly to this day and also strangely enough his arms and hands which were very hairy. It was a very sad occasion at the time but life went on and we ended up a few years later with twin girls and another final daughter who is now 29. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hello, Anne from Aspley, how you doing? Good to see you posting again. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm Derek from Aspley, born at the Firs '43. Apparently, I had no return address affixed! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anne of Aspley 12 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Wot's that...no return to sender??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I remember the wife saying 'Oh dear i've got to go and see hairy hand Cochrane. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I can recall going to the children's hospital twice, the first while playing with my best friends sister I fell (or was I pushed ?) and gashed my left knee. My partner in crime ran off screaming, I thought she had left me but she returned with her Dad who delivered me to the hospital. When I saw the Doctor he told me all about the Birkin family wealthy lace manufactures who had given the building for the hospital, funny what you remember. A history lesson and four stitches later I was delivered home for some TLC. The second time was much the same, fell of the back of a lads bike gashed my right knee, three stitches. Needles to say I never entered any lovely legs contests. What I do remember about the old children's hospital was the Pease and quiet. No raised voices no clanking drinks machine's. I suppose they have got better facilities at the QMC? , 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I bet she pushed you Sue B. The kids round there were like that I do remember you falling off the bike and gashing your knee, If only our Mams could have seen us on them bikes with the lads, they would never have let us out the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Remember Dr Cochrane very well, in the early 70's my wife had a fairly troubled early second pregnancy and at 4 1/2 months started to hemorrhage in the early hours, the doctor who then called an ambulance and she was taken to Peel st women's hospital. I drove down with my dad but was not allowed in to see her as she had been taken straight into surgery, we sat there for an hour or so then Dr Cochrane came and introduced himself and told me we had lost our second child to be, a little girl, but in his opinion it was a godsend ! I was pretty shook up, and my wife was devastated, but remember his words vividly to this day and also strangely enough his arms and hands which were very hairy. It was a very sad occasion at the time but life went on and we ended up a few years later with twin girls and another final daughter who is now 29. I believe I was delivered into this world by Dr Cochrane! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Me too, and my brother. My Mum was very impressed by him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Just read this thread back to the beginning now as I hadn't seen it before. There are some comments from some of you saying exactly what my mother had told me. Particularly about Dr Cochrane being very strict but a nice man. He also told my mother to stop smoking, but she never did. I don't remember her mentioning hairy hands! Doctors must have gone to wherever they were needed as I was born at City Hospital. We lived on Woodborough Road at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Just looking at LizzieM and Cliff Ton's posts of 9th March 2014 I wonder if the former Abel Collin Trust Maternity Hospital was at 13 Waverley Street on the plot between Arthur Street and Burns Street? This building was called Waverley House - but is now Lovell House, being the infants school for Nottingham High School. However, between about 1946 and 2007 it was the former PNEU school which I attended in the late 1950s/early 1960s. I remember it being said that the building had previously been used as a hospital and the room at the back that we used as the school cloakroom was the former operating theatre - and indeed I remember that that room still had a terrazzo floor and opaque glass in the windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 As a result of Tim's new post I've had another look at a few maps and there definitely isn't anything marked on Waverley Street as being specifically a hospital. And looking at 13 Waverley Street aka Waverley House, on directories around 1900 it is listed as being occupied by William Palmer. Maybe he was the doctor / surgeon etc who owned the place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Dr Cochrane saved my mam and my sisters life when mam had a bad fall during late pregnancy,mam always said he was a very hairy man. Anyone heard of Nurse Eaton who seemed to deliver most of the babies on the green . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I think our hopital's are wonderful, I had the best treatment last year when I became ill.........nobody must ever call the NHS to me..... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Mr Cochrane looked after SWMBO when our son was born. She was sat in a corridor awaiting her first appointment with him when the door opened and a red faced woman appeared followed by the words "Now go and wash and don't come to me in that state again" or something close to that. When it was her turn she went in with some trepidation and came out with the opinion that he was probably the nicest/gentlest bloke around. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 A friend of mine said the same thing, as she sat there in the corridor, he yelled down the corridor, 'don't come back till you've had a bath'. This would be 1971. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I had my daughter at the firs 1970, i remember the name of Cochran but dont think I saw him I was under a female consultant but cant remember her name. Thinking about whats been said about having a bath / wash I remember my brother in law asking a scruffy old man if the smell he was wearing was the same one he had last year. More direct than that...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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