This photograph was loaned to us by Geoff Hore and the title was written on the back has anyone any information on why it was called or who were the Skinningrove Hospital Fathers? But as Tony Nicholson has pointed out to us:”Two of the men seem to be patients (the man on the front right with crutches, and the man on the back left with an injured arm). It’s possible that the three individuals sat on the bench were patients too? The lad looks young, but could easily have been working in the mine.” As Tony says the young man is not old enough to be a ”father”. The mystery deepens. Tony also tells us: ”I think the nurse on the left is the Matron of the Hospital, Emily Elgey. She came to the hospital in 1902 and died in 1924. The nurse on the right looks like her probationer nurse, Liebe Mary Bowen, who was there around 1910/11. I have photos of Liebe from much later in life (c. 1930s and 1940s) which seem to show a similar face, although all of us change as we age.” Rebecca Saywell tells us: ”The man sat at the front on the left, is my great great grandfather, James Abbott. He was born in 1855 and died in 1914. Geoff (who supplied the photo) is the son of my nan’s cousin.”
Please note this revised image, the original had been distorted in scanning – many thanks to Tony Nicholson – whom following his request to contact Geoff whilst following researches into the Miner’s Hospital at Skinningrove obtained an improved image.
Image courtesy of Geoff Hore and thanks to Tony Nicholson for the advice; also Rebecca Saywell for the update.
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