Old maternity block demolished
FINAL PUSH: Demolition of the former maternity block at the City General Hospital is well under way and expected to be complete within the next two weeks.
The maternity block, which opened in 1968, welcomed a quarter of a million babies into the world before its services were transferred to the new £40 million maternity hospital earlier this year.
Andrew Ashcroft, communications manager for the hospital, said: "The demolition is continually sprayed with water to keep dust levels down. It is a complex process as the building is so close to other clinical buildings."
The majority of the building will be recycled, with parts earmarked as materials for new buildings at the site.
Tell us your memories of the old maternity building using the comment box below - or send them to us at www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/yourmemories
8 Comments
by Warren, Meir
Monday, August 10 2009, 12:59PM
“Don't know about that, don't even know who Chuck Norris is.... who is he.”
by Ayatollah, The Rock and Rollah
Sunday, August 09 2009, 9:49PM
“When Chuck Norris throws Warren into the water... Warren doesn't get wet...... The water gets Warrened.”
by suzy, stoke
Sunday, August 09 2009, 9:20PM
“i find it quite sad really. i had both my girls in there, and i was born there. to see it in its half demolished state made me feel quite emotional. the memories of my pregnacies nd subsequet deliveries came flooding back. the building is so dismal, grey and abandoned looking which is a very stark contrast to my memories. maybe its just my hormones lol”
by Warren, Meir
Sunday, August 09 2009, 6:54PM
“Something called progress William... Stafford, and worry about your own hospitel mate, not Stoke's.”
by William J Read, Stafford
Sunday, August 09 2009, 4:29PM
“Is 40 years a typical life for a public building? It seems a terrible waste of resources to demolish and rebuild. Will the "new" building be biting the dust in 2050?”
by rob, burslem
Sunday, August 09 2009, 1:36PM
“does anyone know what happened to the paintings that were in the main entrance in memory of my father "Billy the night porter" who worked there up untill 1999.one painting was called "THE WHISTLER".this was chose because he was always whistling up and down the mat block.hope they havent been distroyed”
by deborah, staffordshire
Saturday, August 08 2009, 11:03AM
“Just been told there was another mat block before this one ;)”
by debb, staffordshire
Saturday, August 08 2009, 10:08AM
“It states the maternity block opened in 1968 ? Have they got the year wrong because i was born there in 1966. Confused !!”