Anyone happen to know whether Lodgemoor Hospital was used as a polio treatment and recovery centre just after the war....late 40s?

My dad contracted polio just after the war. I was very young then but I'm sure I remember visiting him with my mother at the gates of Lodgemoor Hospital. He came out to see us and we went for a short walk.

Can't imagine I'd make the gist of this up. Possible that I got the hospital confused though. But I don't think so.

Look forward to responses.

Anyone happen to know whether Lodgemoor Hospital was used as a polio treatment and recovery centre just after the war....late 40s?

My dad contracted polio just after the war. I was very young then but I'm sure I remember visiting him with my mother at the gates of Lodgemoor Hospital. He came out to see us and we went for a short walk.

Can't imagine I'd make the gist of this up. Possible that I got the hospital confused though. But I don't think so.

Look forward to responses.

Can't speak with authority on this but I thought Poliomyelitis cases went to King Edward hospital just across Manchester Road near Lodge Lane? I spent six weeks in the Isolation ward with Scarlet Fever when visitors had to look at you through the glass window. I don't remember polio at Lodge Moor and I never heard it spoken of when I worked there during two summer vacations but obviously stand correction. Lodge Moor and King Edward's wouldn't be more than a mile apart.

also spent the time in Isolation for scarlet fever & through the glass windows,but I was always told I was in Lodge Moor, that would 1937-38 I'd be 3or4 so its been a while

Anyone happen to know whether Lodgemoor Hospital was used as a polio treatment and recovery centre just after the war....late 40s?

My dad contracted polio just after the war. I was very young then but I'm sure I remember visiting him with my mother at the gates of Lodgemoor Hospital. He came out to see us and we went for a short walk.

Can't imagine I'd make the gist of this up. Possible that I got the hospital confused though. But I don't think so.

Look forward to responses.

I was treated for polio in Lodge Moor Hospital in 1955. At that time it was an isolation hospital. I well remember being peered at through a glass cubicle, even though I was only 5 years old. Later I learned from my mother that you were given a number, and if your parents could not visit you, they could check your condition which was reported in the Sheffield Star each night.

I was in King Edwards from 1950 onwards and there were a lot of Polio victims in then. For some unknown reason I was transfered to Lodge moor with Chicken Pox For about six weeks, and then sent back to King Edwards. To my knowledge there were no polio sufferers in Lodge Moor.

Can't speak with authority on this but I thought Poliomyelitis cases went to King Edward hospital just across Manchester Road near Lodge Lane? I spent six weeks in the Isolation ward with Scarlet Fever when visitors had to look at you through the glass window. I don't remember polio at Lodge Moor and I never heard it spoken of when I worked there during two summer vacations but obviously stand correction. Lodge Moor and King Edward's wouldn't be more than a mile apart.

It's one of those memories that is hazy on the details but I know it happened. I was 3 or 4 at the time. Lodgemoor or King Edward hospital? I don't know. What's hampering me is my knowledge of the topography and place names of the area. What I do remember is my mother and I meeting my dad, who had just walked down a long drive from the hospital. His arm and shoulder were strapped up, as he was recovering from polio. My mother and I walked down the road then downhill into a wooded area. We exited the wooded area, walked along another road, caught a bus bk into town on a street corner. The name Wyming Brook rings a bell but I'm not sure whether it is associated with that visit or not. I'd like to know as I'm writing about my childhood. Not sure whether any of the above helps to resolve things.

That sounds like King Edwards. I was born in Lodge Moor Hospital during the war.

Yes, Lodge Moor was used to treat some polio victims. I remember patients who had to be treated in iron lungs were at Lodge Moor- some of them for many years. I'm sure the last patient to be treated like this died there not that long ago.
If anyone can confirm this I'd be happy to hear of their experiences.

It's one of those memories that is hazy on the details but I know it happened. I was 3 or 4 at the time. Lodgemoor or King Edward hospital? I don't know. What's hampering me is my knowledge of the topography and place names of the area. What I do remember is my mother and I meeting my dad, who had just walked down a long drive from the hospital. His arm and shoulder were strapped up, as he was recovering from polio. My mother and I walked down the road then downhill into a wooded area. We exited the wooded area, walked along another road, caught a bus bk into town on a street corner. The name Wyming Brook rings a bell but I'm not sure whether it is associated with that visit or not. I'd like to know as I'm writing about my childhood. Not sure whether any of the above helps to resolve things.

There was certainly a long drive and a long perimeter drive around Lodge Moor Hospital. The 51 bus used to stop right at the bottom of the drive - the stop back to town had a café next to it. After alighting, the 51 bus went down the hill and reversed by the POW camp, coming back up to park by the café. Wyming Brook is further down that very road but was a limited service. There was also the famous Clock Tower landmark at LMH.
The first junction (Crosspool-bound) is the golf course at Lodge Lane (which goes down to Manchester Road and then across to King Edward V11 on Rivelin Valley Road. The first right is Blackbrook Road, which at that time, had little on except for the Uni labs.
I can't be sure about the polio, DIDO seems to support that view but WALT says he had polio and was in LMH so he should know.

http://walterwildgoose.blogspot.com/2005/08/diphtheria-and-lodge-moor-isolation.html

The person writing this blog, ignore some spellings, confirms he was taken to LMH with poliomyelitis - thus, I think the answer is YES! http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=693&mode=linear

Chairboy, I wish I had a map to try and tie it down. It does sound from your description that it was LMH. If the little cafe is the one I'm thinking of it used to serve delicious sandwiches.

Supposing it was LMH. We walked down the road into a wooded area turning rt. Would that wooded area have been Wymin Brook?

Then after exiting the wooded area and walking down a road to catch the bus bk to Sheffield, what do you think that place/area would be?

I'm coming to Sheffield this summer so I might have to revisit the scene to get the answer. I know KEVII has been converted into flats. Is LMH still there?

thanks

Chairboy, I wish I had a map to try and tie it down. It does sound from your description that it was LMH. If the little cafe is the one I'm thinking of it used to serve delicious sandwiches.

Supposing it was LMH. We walked down the road into a wooded area turning rt. Would that wooded area have been Wymin Brook?

Then after exiting the wooded area and walking down a road to catch the bus bk to Sheffield, what do you think that place/area would be?

I'm coming to Sheffield this summer so I might have to revisit the scene to get the answer. I know KEVII has been converted into flats. Is LMH still there?

thanks

If you remember the café, that seems to suggest LMH but I am lost with your movements. Wyming Brook and then Redmires are a fair distance to walk and not near any alternative bus routes. Left -You would go down into a dip and then climb past two pubs, Sportsman (left) and Three Merry Lads (right) side of road. I think you would have to have caught the bus by the café which was the terminus.
Lodge Moor Hospital site has now been built upon. The hospital closed about 1995 with the South Ward (Spinal Injuries) moving to a new complex - Princess Royal SIU at Northern General.
I thought LMH was a wonderful hospital (if such a place), ward windows opened and patients could be taken out onto the fields for fresh air or recreation. Much better than a concrete block with double glazing?

Apparently all polio victims were taken to Lodge Moor, so the extent of their problem could be assesed. Also Lodge moor was the only hospital with Iron Lungs.
All the people were first put in isolation, and then they were transfered to the Observation unit at King Edwards, before moved onto the main wards.

Apparently all polio victims were taken to Lodge Moor, so the extent of their problem could be assesed. Also Lodge moor was the only hospital with Iron Lungs.
All the people were first put in isolation, and then they were transfered to the Observation unit at King Edwards, before moved onto the main wards.

Thats right. Patients with polio were taken to Lodge Moor Hospital in the acute (and infectious) stage where they were put in isolation. When they were over the acute stage, they were transferred to King Edwards Orthopaedic Hospital for assessment of what may have been quite severe effects of the disease,

rogG - have you had a look on picturesheffield.com for those gates and hospital?

an aerial photo of the area from google maps may help you get your bearings, or an online map from OS

To all the above: thanks for your help. There's a photo of the entrance of LMH on that web site. Admittedly the photos are old ones. But that entrance with the rounded corner on the RHS as you look at it definitely strikes a cord. On the other hand the online photos I've seen of King Edwards don't ring any bells. So, I'm about 90% sure that it was at the gates of LMH where my I met my dad, who had his arm contained in some kind of cage or strapping device (?). But how can I be absolutely sure of a memory that goes so far bk when I was not much more than a toddler? A further clue: I remember him recollecting that there were iron lungs in his hospital, which fits in with Dido's comment.

When I come to visit Sheffield I'll take a walk around the trail we went on through Wymin Bk. I seem to remember it was a popular walk.

I started off this thread by asking the question as to whether LMH housed polio victims There's not much doubt that the answer is "yes."

I also spent time at LMH in the 60s. My GP thought I had an infectious disease. So I remember those little windows where the visitors could talk to you in the segregated ward that I occupied . I was misdiagnosed, fell into a coma, transferred to the Northern General where I was successfully treated for a medicinal drug allergy.

Ah the memories.

have a good day everyone.

I spent six weeks in isolation at Lodgemoor when I had scarlet fever as a child.
Does anyone remember the room where they took you to choose clothes that you could wear when you were getting better?
I think lodgemoor was the main isolation hospital and they did have polio patients.
I read only yesterday that scarlet fever cases are increasing rapidly which seems unbelievable these days.

Mention of the iron lungs made me wonder if they are still in use, or what is the modern alternative.

Mention of the iron lungs made me wonder if they are still in use, or what is the modern alternative.

I think they now use ventilators

Don't know about UK Minimo but some polio survivors in the US still on iron lungs

http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/ironlung/pg9.cfm

Newer versions of i. lung a bit less cumbersome but still limiting to patient's lifestyle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung

Don't know about UK Minimo but some polio survivors in the US still on iron lungs

http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/ironlung/pg9.cfm

Newer versions of i. lung a bit less cumbersome but still limiting to patient's lifestyle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung

Thanks for those links, I always thought what an awful life it must have been for them to be trapped in those things, but better than the alternative perhaps.

Time & miles mean nothing to a kid even at 4 we would wander for miles,on our odd free day from Fullwood Homes I remember walking down and past (with a chat)to the P.O.Ws past Lodge moor into the caves on the right and on to wyming-brook I've no idea what distance that would be ,had to be a fair way,I wonder if the mums of today would kick their kids out at sunup with a get home before its to dark(chunk of bread in your back pocket)

Now I'm real confused trying on earth google to retrace my Lodge moor steps fm Blackbrook rd always had it in mind it was one rd, POW camp ,hospital,caves and on to wyming brook,so just what rd was Lodge Moor on

Now I'm real confused trying on earth google to retrace my Lodge moor steps fm Blackbrook rd always had it in mind it was one rd, POW camp ,hospital,caves and on to wyming brook,so just what rd was Lodge Moor on

Redmires Road

Lodge Moor Hospital
Records held by Sheffield Archives
Address - Redmires Road, Sheffield S10 4LH
Foundation Year 1888
Closed 1995

thanks ,back to earth google

Now I'm real confused trying on earth google to retrace my Lodge moor steps fm Blackbrook rd always had it in mind it was one rd, POW camp ,hospital,caves and on to wyming brook,so just what rd was Lodge Moor on

Flyer: Caves? Wasn't aware there was any limestone in that area that would enable caves to form. I used to do a lot of caving in my younger days -around Castleton in the Peak District. Never heard of any caves around Wymin Bk. Were they caves or abandoned mines of some sort?

I was treated for polio in Lodge Moor Hospital in 1955. At that time it was an isolation hospital. I well remember being peered at through a glass cubicle, even though I was only 5 years old. Later I learned from my mother that you were given a number, and if your parents could not visit you, they could check your condition which was reported in the Sheffield Star each night.

Hi Walt, my sister Susan passed away in Lodge Moor in the early 40s I think (well before I was born). She had a brain tumour, but I was told that as it was an isolation hospital, my parents were not allowed to have back the books and dolls they had taken to her during her illness because of the danger of infection. On another note, I remember in the 60s sitting in a shelter at the bottom of the hospital drive for an hour with pencils and a colouring book while my parents visited my elderly grandmother. I can't remember what the problem was, but I do know I was only about 10. Interestingly, my youngest child was also hospitalised there suffering from enteritis when he was a baby in 1977 and the glass partitions were still in place then!

I recall the isolation ward being to the right of the main building at the top of the yard (car park). If you entered the bottom main door, you had the North Wards which went away to the left. of the Medical Records office. There was a large corridor which went right up the 'spine' (sorry!) of the hospital. Half way up, to the left were the Central Wards which went off in pairs C1, C2 etc.
There were ante-rooms as well eg Chapel, porters' room, x-ray dept. cafeteria on the right, Occupational Therapy, theatre etc.
The Spinal Wards were at the top South 1 down to S6 with the wards going off to the right down South corridor, and the gym and sports hall were near the top to the right. Outside was the helicopter pad and the sports field. There was also a house around the perimeter road where relatives from far-afield could stay.

Flyer: Caves? Wasn't aware there was any limestone in that area that would enable caves to form. I used to do a lot of caving in my younger days -around Castleton in the Peak District. Never heard of any caves around Wymin Bk. Were they caves or abandoned mines of some sort?

Yes rog big ring of caves in that area(or was) would have made perfect setting for movie got my nose smashed fooling around jumping out while my bro' was throwing stones at one of the caves to keep me in peeked out at the wrong time, so long ago the only thing i remember was its on the right, way past the Hospital took my wife there before we got married great spot:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Yes rog big ring of caves in that area(or was) would have made perfect setting for movie got my nose smashed fooling around jumping out while my bro' was throwing stones at one of the caves to keep me in peeked out at the wrong time, so long ago the only thing i remember was its on the right, way past the Hospital took my wife there before we got married great spot:thumbsup::thumbsup:

I'll look into that when I visit Sheffield this Aug, flyer. Thanks for the heads up.

I'll look into that when I visit Sheffield this Aug, flyer. Thanks for the heads up.

Hi roger twud seem lots around that area but as yet not found pics of the ones I'm on about:thumbsup:

Polio patients were definately treated there around 1955 ,I had an uncle who contracted polio when he was 16 and spent I think around 18 months up there.His name was Tommy Hague the virus left him with a paralised arm,he spent all his life living on parson cross looking after his dog and other animals until his death on boxing day 1977.If anyone remembers him it would be good to hear from you .

My late grandfather spent some time in Lodge Moor Hospital and I recall going to see him in 1988. There seemed to be endless corridors and certainly a spooky feeling about the place.

I knew one of the nurses who worked in the spinal injuries unit too and I recall the disbelief which followed the announcement of its closure. It rivalled Stoke Manderville for facilities (or so I was told).

The tower is now a private residence. If you can handle the stairs it must be a quite impressive accommodation. (My eldest daughter's friend lives there!)

Ok rog I'm back, after seaching that area I wonder if I'm talking Robin Hoods Cave,not to far for a pair young legs

My late grandfather spent some time in Lodge Moor Hospital and I recall going to see him in 1988. There seemed to be endless corridors and certainly a spooky feeling about the place.

I knew one of the nurses who worked in the spinal injuries unit too and I recall the disbelief which followed the announcement of its closure. It rivalled Stoke Manderville for facilities (or so I was told).

The tower is now a private residence. If you can handle the stairs it must be a quite impressive accommodation. (My eldest daughter's friend lives there!)

It was certainly a very close second to Stoke Mandeville! I have a lot of friends who were treated there (whether for accidents, Guillain Barre or Spina Bifida) I was appalled at the Spinal unit's closure at a fabulous, flat site with the fantastic views over the countryside and its move to a very hilly site at NGH (as lovely as the new building is...)

My father mike kelly spent most of his early life in both king edwards and lodge oor he was a polio victim but was all so a paraplegic through it. He is still with us so would be able to help with any enquiries any one as. He met my mum at one of the too she nursed him.

My father mike kelly spent most of his early life in both king edwards and lodge oor he was a polio victim but was all so a paraplegic through it. He is still with us so would be able to help with any enquiries any one as. He met my mum at one of the too she nursed him.

Mike Kelly, thats a blast from the past. I was in King Edwards with him.

I spent time in logemoor when i had shingles and had relapsed the second time with leukaemia, i was under a Dr lillyman at the sheffield childrens hospital i was 8 years old in 1980, i was left parlized on the left side of my face.

Thank you

Noticing that Iron Lungs have been mentioned:-

Wasn't the chap who was the longest survivor living in an Iron Lung in Lodge Moor?

Noticing that Iron Lungs have been mentioned:-

Wasn't the chap who was the longest survivor living in an Iron Lung in Lodge Moor?

what was his name i think he was in st thomas's hospital (lane fox unit) with my dad (M Kelly) at some point, it rings a bell cant think of his name

I cant remember his name, I'm sorry...

My dealings with Lodge Moor Hospital were more in the spinal-unit section, as I had many friends with Spinal injuries and conditions like Spina Bifida.

I was in Lodge Moor as a teenager for chest problems - there were about 12 beds on the ward- I was the youngest all the others were very elderly ladies. They used to push the beds out of the double doors so we could get some fresh air.

My nan spent time in isolation at Lodge Moor hospital in the 1920s, when she was a child (scarlet fever, I think. She seemed to have every childhood illness going) and recalls that during one of her stays (when she was about 5) she was handed a baby, who was presumably suffering the same illness as my nan, and told by the nurses to tell them if/when the baby stopped breathing. A terrible responsibility to place on such a young child. She also remembers having to spend Christmas in there, and only being able to look at her parents through some glass.

Also, my great grandmother died in Lodge Moor three days before my 1st birthday and I have a photograph of her in there, holding me (which I find strange because I didn't think babies were allowed to visit patients in hospital). Apparently she could never get to sleep there due to the endless orgies she insisted the doctors and nurses were having at night. :hihi: (hallucinations. She was also convinced there was water gushing down all the walls).

Our youngest son was in Lodge Moor Isolation Unit in 1976/77, he'd been transferred from the Childrens Hospital as their isolation unit was full at the time. I certainly remember leaving him screaming his head off whilst looking at mum & dad leaving him, the room was all glass so he could see us leaving. When we went down the long drive to the bus stop the driver shouted that we'd better hurry up as it was the last bus into town because it was snowing and the Lodge Moor Hospital bus was being taken off, it was the longest journey of my life and tear stained too.
I seem to recall the cases who were in the unit where he was were spina bifida, I don't remember any polio cases then but, I suspect in the earlier years Lodge Moor Hospital would have been an ideally placed hospital due to the isolation.

In 1973 I was in King Edwards when I contracted viral pnumonia. I was rushed up to the isolation ward at Lodge moor. I remember a single bedroom with a window that the nurses used to open to put food etc through. As I recovered I was allowed to walk around the corridor and saw 3 or 4 people in iron lungs in other isolation rooms.

Our youngest son was in Lodge Moor Isolation Unit in 1976/77, he'd been transferred from the Childrens Hospital as their isolation unit was full at the time. I certainly remember leaving him screaming his head off whilst looking at mum & dad leaving him, the room was all glass so he could see us leaving. When we went down the long drive to the bus stop the driver shouted that we'd better hurry up as it was the last bus into town because it was snowing and the Lodge Moor Hospital bus was being taken off, it was the longest journey of my life and tear stained too.
I seem to recall the cases who were in the unit where he was were spina bifida, I don't remember any polio cases then but, I suspect in the earlier years Lodge Moor Hospital would have been an ideally placed hospital due to the isolation.

That brought memories back. I was in lodgemoor isolation unit in around 72-73 with hepatitis. My friend who lived across the road was in also and i remember when i got taken in they wheeled her bed into the next cubicle so we could see each other and talk through the glass.
Your post brought back memories because i remember my mum coming to see me and screaming my head off when i could see her leaving from my bed. As you say glass cubicles. Mum was so heartbroken she could not bring herself to visit again. It was a very upsetting time as i was only about 10 and all my friends at school had sent gifts and cards etc but when i came out they all had to be burnt due to risk of infection. We were well cared for though.

Lodge moor was definitely a hospital that treated polio victims who were in the virul stage as it was so infectious and facilities for infectious diseases were very good My late husband (Michael Kelly) was taken there when he first contracted polio He was put temporarily into an iron lung next to Dennis atkins who was originally the longest surviving polio in an iron lung My husband and a couple of other paraplegics helped buy Dennis a vehicle that would house an iron lung so that he could travel about and see his old haunts from his pre-polio years The other long survivor was John Prestwich who was in St Thomas's hospital in London He died recently Iron lungs are still very much in use in St thomas's and in the Papworth hospital Theu have been a lifeline for so many for such a long time Dennis Atkins used to have a fotrnight's holiday would you believe at King edwards every year before he got his vehicle just to give him a change of scenery My husband was an avid sportsman with Lodge moor who were world class We used to have many social evenings up there where we would always fetch Dennis to participate Iron lun and all He loved his pint and his pork pie Happy days

I was in Lodgemoor for 16 weeks in 1951 with para-typhoid.
Wonder what that is ?

paratyphoid is a less serious case of typhoid Itgives thesame symptoms It is a form of salmonellawithh sickness fever and diarrhoea
:):)