Exploring The Remains Of A Former Victorian Workhouse, Sefton General Hospital - Liverpool -

[@champagne1231]

The boarded up building was the maternity unit where i was born and later generations of my family were also born.the original mahogany staircase is still there just inside the entrance.

[@g2emedia1977]

ahh yeh it was only after i done this vid that the lady said it was a massive wooden staircase not spiral...would love to see it though thanks for watching

[@merseydave1]

Good video George, The tennis court was part of the hospital, many patients were there due to mental health issues and it was considered a social/physical activity for them, later on it was used for drug alcohol detox patients. The building you focused on had many uses at the same time (I'm talking late 90s early 00s) as I worked for the N.H.S. then, on the ground floor to the left was human recourses. The enter/exit turnstile gate built into the wall on Arundel Avenue was there for N.H.S. staff living in that are instead of going right round to the front entrance on Smithdown Road. That entrance was in the corner were the petrol station is now. I always wondered about that mound, so thanks for telling me! as I have lived off Smithdown Road since the early 1990s I remember the Old Sefton General now Asda. coming back to the building you dropped your Dad off, they used to do X-rays and Blood tests there.

[@g2emedia1977]

wow thank you for the information i did wonder why there was a random door there ha ha now i know thanks for watching dave

[@merseydave1]

@@g2emedia1977 You always do a great job

[@martinsallenger5526]

Great video, George never realised that the site was a work house l forgot that this building was still here. Great local history thanks 👍

[@g2emedia1977]

hi martin thanks for watching i was surprised to see this building hiding away behind asda so much history on this site thanks for watching mate

[@Timbobmum92]

Always learn something new about my birth place

[@g2emedia1977]

thanks for watching was a pleasure to make

[@scouseblood275]

Great video George very informative i had no idea this was one of those pauper workhouses

[@g2emedia1977]

thanks for watching as always glad you like the video

[@mariacarew]

I was born there, thanks for uploading x

[@g2emedia1977]

pleasure glad you enjoyed it

[@murphitz]

Great to see this, I worked at Sefton General between 1991 and 1993. shown here is Arundel House which was previously ward 30 (maternity) the York Centre, also shown is one of the newer buildings used for Radiology as well as the Geriatric Day Hospital, next to the cemetary wall.

[@futureliverpool4449]

Have you seen the old Sefton general hospital welcome mat just inside the York centre?

[@g2emedia1977]

Havent seen that i have never been inside that place

[@futureliverpool4449]

@@g2emedia1977 I have a photo of it if you want it?

[@davidbowie2046]

I was born in Sefton general, 1969. The Psych dept was round the back and the first drug detox unit opened there by Dr White, who was an amazing guy. Helped my sister many years back when she was suffering with her mental health.

[@g2emedia1977]

happy days thanks for the info glad you sister got the help she needed thanks for watching

[@l361985]

That building was Arundel House community mental health team closed in 2015.

[@g2emedia1977]

nice one thanks for the info mad how it still survives all this time

[@joyceswift8160]

My mother used to go there every 6 months to see the heart specialist, for a child it was big, dark & gloomy, I got dragged along when my dad took her.

[@lynnstamper8346]

The building you are talking about was the maternity unit later on it was ward 30 for psychiatric patients then when it closed the psychiatric community nurses worked in there

[@yamyam_1978]

That was good George, hope you get your equipment sorted 🤞🏻 It'll probably get converted into flats like everything else that gets left & boarded up ... Not sure about the seaweed snack, I'll stick to Ginsters & Walls 😊

[@g2emedia1977]

thanks helen glad you liked the video what you didnt see was before there was a massive downpour and i was at the other end of the site so the cam got soaked and the mic i didnt realise until i got bk in the car ha ha

[@yamyam_1978]

@@g2emedia1977 Ouch, you'll have to get some waterproof covering (even just a bag - you only need to see the lens & back screen). I need a proper case for my camera, £48

[@g2emedia1977]

@@yamyam_1978 the only problem really because i was recording off the phone was if moisture gets in the usb port its useless untill its dry

[@yamyam_1978]

@@g2emedia1977 I have D3300, needs a case to keep water off it. Got basic one, need good one this year

[@MsNjane]

I was born in that building was the maternity wing then was ward 30 when Sefton ceased being a general hospital when the A&E went was part of the psychiatric wing my parents and grandparents worked there for yrs

[@stephenjones9153]

Funny i also had to go for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Ultrasound scan and the Nurse said i wasn't Pregnant either so all good. I seem to remember visiting my Dad in the ground floor wards in that building which at the time was a lot newer than the Old Sevvy General Hospital and the A &E department. Im wondering if the old Male Accommodation part was actually Bombed and rebuild at some point because those bricks look way too new to be the original Victorian Workhouse. 🤔 i could be totally wrong but i visited the A & E department and wards at various times in the 60s and 70s. I always remember the Hospital being very old with lots of Sandstone similar to the old Women's hospital.

[@stephenjones9153]

Just been having a search for any info and found this little note about the only part of the Hospital that wasn't demolished according to National records Office they said "The buildings have now been demolished with only the Smithdown Minor Injury Unit for Children surviving on the site.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

I remember York Place as the local phlebotomy unit. Your GP gave a blood test printout and you just turned up any time in the morning, got a ticket and waited your turn. No longer than 10-20 minutes. It was often standing room only. Those nurses ran a production line. They also knew their job, I never had a bruise. After all the COV1D nonsense the system has changed drastically. York Place has closed down. GP practices and clinics do the blood tests. You need to book a specific appointment slot online. It is at least a month away every time. GP's are still of the mind that a blood result will come back in a week. The nurse is allowed to keep you waiting over 30 minutes in an empty GP surgery while she is gassing with her colleagues at the desk. Finally she begrudgingly calls you in to do her job and then causes massive bruising. The clinic was a better experience even though I had to drive to get to it. But it was still at least a month away and an appointment with a 30 minute time slot. NHS is deliberately mis-managed and it is not a money problem.

[@Nansen1981]

Just a thought, maybe the female and male buildings were for trainee nurses and doctors? You know in the days when they knew how to do it?

[@tolduso828]

I think John Lennon was born in the maternity part of the hospital?

[@g2emedia1977]

i thought he was born in oxford street

[@tolduso828]

@@g2emedia1977 ahh maybe you’re right

[@maryshanahan6327]

John was born in broad green

[@g2emedia1977]

oxford st he was born