Thanks to John Bunker who added (July 2008): "My brother Adrian and I had our tonsils out here in the early 60's. I remember it for two reasons
1. We went there by taxi - run by "Squiz Bailey" who also ran the trendy Espresso Coffee Bar in Newerne Street. The car was a Vauxhall Cresta (PA) - which had "wrap round" front and rear screens - very hip.
2 The anesthetic was a gauze mask placed over the face fed with an Ether Drip. I came round early and saw my brother still in "production". How medicine has moved on .

Peter Essex added (June 2010): "... I'm wondering if anyone remembers my Aunt Lil who was on the nursing staff at this hospital. I ca'nt be sure of the exact period but it included the early years after the Second World War. Her real first name was Lydia her maiden name McLean. She was married to Frank Francis Bertie Sterrey, shed foreman at Lydney Junction. Their son Alan was alive and kicking in Lydney fairly recently. He was married to Jill nee Morgan who died in early 2007".

Neil Rumbol added (January 2026): "... I was born in the Hospital on...1945".

John Crawley added (July 2026): "... My mother worked at the hospital as a radiographer, for a year or two, when we moved to Lydney (from Bristol) in 1967. This was right at the end of her professional life (she was in her 50's and was a Londoner who'd lived through the Blitz)".

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