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Old 22nd Apr 2008, 22:22
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Scribbly520
 
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RAF Cosford Hospital

RAF Hospital Cosford closed in Dec 1977. I had to send a working party from RAF Stafford to help dismantle it. Although it was in wooden huts, my understanding from the time was that it was closing due to the 1975 Redundancy having reduced the potential patient numbers. By 1977 it was mostly used as a maternity hospital for Wolverhampton, with the NHS paying for the privilege. The current Officers' Mess is built on the site - in a design similar in shape if not materials to the 1940 hospital.

When the Engineering and Radio training moved from Halton and Locking in the 1990s most of the wooden huts were demolished to make room for the new buildings. The only ones remaining now are the old Sisters' Mess with 4 accommodation huts on the Officers' Mess site, the old church and ancillary buildings over by the fence line and an MT garage opposite the gym.
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