The Archive of the Stannington Hospital needs YOU.
Many voices are missing from the archive. Twenty-five oral history recordings are currently stored at the Northumberland Archive; detailing fascinating stories about life within England’s first tuberculosis sanatorium specifically designed for children. Twenty-five is not enough. And we would like to have your testimony as the next addition to this collection.
Ryan Fallon is a PhD researcher at Newcastle University (supervised by Dr Lutz Sauerteig and Prof. Graham Smith). This project, which is Arts and Humanities Research Council funded, would like to recruit former patients of the Stannington Hospital for interviewing. Participants will be invited to talk about their experiences at Stannington and asked a series of questions in relation to their life before, during, and after staying at the hospital. These collected testimonies will be stored at the Northumberland Archives, located at the Woodhorn museum, Ashington.
The Northumberland Archives holds the largest collection of material relating to the history of the Stannington Children’s Hospital.
If you are willing to tell your story, talk about your time at Stannington, please contact Ryan Fallon on: Email: r.fallon@newcastle.ac.uk
Mobile: 07522298725.
