Hi again,So far, the only thing mention about St. Andrew's Home was that a Dr. Paul was associated with it. However, I've just noticed that Thomas Shields, my 2nd cousin 2x removed was a member of the town council from 1947-1951 and then also from 1955-1961. Looking at the the Cathedral of the Isles information they is no information at all about St. Andrews.I think your best bet is to contact Hazel Mendizes at the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre in Saltcoats - http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/member/north-ayrshire-heritage-centre.Hope this helps a little?Regards,Debbie Rea
On 23 April 2016 at 11:55, Stephen R <rabr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone! Trying desperately to find any information on St Andrews Home for my grandfather, who was a patient there as a boy. I can normally find out everything about anything after a 30 minute search but my Google-Fu is drawing a blank apart from a news article stating the place closed down.As far as I can tell, it was on the grounds of the Cathedral of The Isles, College Street and existed alongside the hospital for everything non-TB related. That is to say, this hospital was only for the treatment of TB. I am looking for photos, maps and ideas as to where I could find the dates my Granda stayed there. Would I contact the NHS or Ayrshire council to find the dates he lived there?
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Hi Stephen,
I have a book called Millport and the Cumbraes: A History and Guide by J.R.D. Campbell. I will see if St. Andrews is mention. My third cousin lives on the island and several of our ancestors lived there.
Regards
Debbie Rea
Hello everyone! Trying desperately to find any information on St Andrews Home for my grandfather, who was a patient there as a boy. I can normally find out everything about anything after a 30 minute search but my Google-Fu is drawing a blank apart from a news article stating the place closed down.As far as I can tell, it was on the grounds of the Cathedral of The Isles, College Street and existed alongside the hospital for everything non-TB related. That is to say, this hospital was only for the treatment of TB. I am looking for photos, maps and ideas as to where I could find the dates my Granda stayed there. Would I contact the NHS or Ayrshire council to find the dates he lived there?
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Hello everyone! Trying desperately to find any information on St Andrews Home for my grandfather, who was a patient there as a boy. I can normally find out everything about anything after a 30 minute search but my Google-Fu is drawing a blank apart from a news article stating the place closed down.As far as I can tell, it was on the grounds of the Cathedral of The Isles, College Street and existed alongside the hospital for everything non-TB related. That is to say, this hospital was only for the treatment of TB. I am looking for photos, maps and ideas as to where I could find the dates my Granda stayed there. Would I contact the NHS or Ayrshire council to find the dates he lived there?
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I have received the following message from Liz Elvey.
David McClure.
Hi Jim I have just learned today that my uncle died in St Andrews Home
in August 1945. He was in the RAF and I had assumed that he died in a
military hospital. Was St.Andrews taken over by the military at this
time? I am no longer living in Scotland, though was until last year.
Unfortunately I cannot get to records now so would be very grateful
for any information. I spent holidays in Millport as a child and took
my own family there without realising the connection. best wishes Liz
[Elvey]
The following is the earlier discussion from the Ayrshire History
website.
Hi
> I am the author of the original posting on the Ayrshire History
> website.
> St. Andrews Home, Millport
> I am seeking information regarding St Andrews Home, a convalescent
> hopsital in Millport, which was opened sometime in the late 1930's and
> closed in the early 1950's. As a young 7 year old I spent 2 years in
> that establishment with suspected TB.
> I have now, I suspect rather belatedly, discovered the undernoted
> responses.>From Bill Braniff, 6 Jan 05: My Auntie Nan was in Millport Sanatorium
>
> in the 40s and I would be interested in any information anyone has on
> this place.>From Margaret Murphy, 17 June 2006: was patient in St. Andrews
>
> MILLPORT in the early 1950's looking for info of actual site. Spent 2
> yrs there until it closed.>From Donald Manson, 30 March 2006: I have an uncle who died there in
>
> August 1939 from TB. I recall on a visit to Millport some years ago
> going to the local library where I found the location of the hospital.
> The library also had photographs of the home. The original boundary
> wall still exist but there is now a housing development on the land.
> Can you tell me if there is any way I could make contact with any of
> the above ?
> Jim Davidson
>
> hello Jim,
> Email addresses were never posted on the site for reasons of
> confidentiality, and I cannot retrieve them that far back. This was
> one of the reasons for setting up the AH Google Group - members can
> contact each other directly. My hope is that over a period of a year
> or so, enough people will join to make it really useful. If you post
> your interest in the home in the group it may come to the attention of
> the any or all of the three who responded to your original enquiry.
> Allternatively I could post your enquiry and all of the responses to a
> new page in the group.
> Have you looked at the Largs and Millport newspaper (I forget the rest
> of the title), the archives of which are in the Largs Museum? There is
> an printed index (I know there is a copy in the Carnegie Library in
> Ayr).
> best wishes,
> David.
>
> Hi David
> Thanks for your reply. I would appreciate it if you could post my
> enquiry and responses in the new page of the AH Google Group.
> I did try Carnegie Library some years ago for information but did not
> not gain much satisfaction, although I will now ask about the Largs
> and Millport newspaper,
> Thanks again
> Jim
Hi John and Stephen R.I found the following information on St. Andrew's Home, Millport - https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1953/jun/09/st-andrews-home-millport. I also have found a photo of the home in Millport and the Cumbraes: A History and Guide written by J.R.D. Campbell. If you'd like to send me your email address I can send you the photo of the home and the front cover of the booklet which I purchased from Saltcoats (North Ayrshire Family History - which has now been transferred to Irvine) a couple of years ago. This was printed by Largs Printing Company (www.surprint.co.uk).There is an Appendix on p. 103 which shows extracts from Minutes of the Town Council from 5th May 1864 to 15th May 1975; there is mention of a hospital six approved on March 8th which was later referred to as Lady Margaret Hospital. Could it have been renamed as St. Andrew's? Also on p. 119 it talks about St. Andrew's Home to close decision of Department of Health for Scotland - this decision was on April 13th 1953.Regards,Debbie Rea
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Hi Rhona, I only have snippets of St Andrews home, some photos and a little video. Records of this hospital seem to have disappeared. It started before the 2nd world war in 1925 when my great uncle Dr J Herbert Paul joined the doctors practice in Millport and closed in 1952 I believe. What I do have you are welcome to copies. To be honest, it’s all in JRD Campbell’s book, “Some Cumbrae Yesterdays” and I will be surprised if there are not copies on the island. It has a whole chapter on St Andrews Home, including photos of the lay out and staff, and snippets of the hospital magazine with contributions and stories from the patients. That will be a good place to start. It was produced by the Cumbrae Historical Society and if it is still in existence I’m sure they will have a copy. Let me know how you get on. Yours Neil
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Hi Rhona, Thanks for all that. I don’t think we as a family appreciated how much Uncle Herbert was thought of, and as I said I was only 6 when he died. I have to say however that I followed his footsteps and went into medicine, as did my mother’s brother Walter Allan. The house the Pauls , Herbert and Meg, lived in for a while ( and I think had a surgery in it) – Kersland- is still in family hands. My cousin Doug Allan has it now.
I think you have as much , if not more info on St Andrews Home than I have! I would like to see the video you mention. Is it available on Youtube? I could copy some of the video I have of Uncle Herbert with Dr Honeyman showing the hospital briefly and some of old Millport. Dr Honeyman was a bit of a socialite and was in charge of Glasgow museums for a while. The video contains Uncle Herbert being helped up the steps of Harry Lauder’s house, also at his home Clifton and in the grounds of the hospital. It was given to the Scottish Screen Archive by the Honeyman Family, and my cousin Anne, who was also very keen on Millport and had a house there, but who sadly died in 2010, found out about it and sent copies to all her cousins I think!
Good to communicate with you. Best Wishes, Neil
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