David Hollin Nurses Home, Stafford,

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Date:1920 - 1930 (c.)

Description:David Hollin was a boot and shoe manufacturer. He lived in Highfield Manor on Newport Road.

In 1916 he left £12,000 in his will 'for the erecting and furnishing of a Nurses' Home'. The David Hollin Nurses' Home was built on Foregate Street in 1926/7 following the death of his widow in 1926.


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1810s
Twelve pence token, Stafford
Twelve pence token, Stafford

A silver twelve pence (shilling) token issued by Stafford shoe manufacturer John ...

1890s
Pantomime cast, Stafford General Infirmary, Stafford
Pantomime cast, Stafford General Infirmary, Stafford

Nursing staff at Stafford General Infirmary in costume for a production of 'Ali ...

1910s
Men's Surgical Ward, Stafford General Infirmary
Men's Surgical Ward, Stafford General Infirmary

The postcard photograph shows a view of patients in beds, which line the walls of ...

1930s
Dorothy 'Duckie' Dodd as Lady Godiva, Stafford
Dorothy 'Duckie' Dodd as Lady Godiva, Stafford

Dorothy Irene Dodd, known locally as 'Duckie' Dodd, poses as Lady Godiva as part ...

1950s
Nurse in nursing home kitchen, Stafford area
Nurse in nursing home kitchen, Stafford area

A nurse boiling a kettle making a pot of tea in the kitchen of an unidentified nursing ...

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Donor ref:P2001.001.0003 (18/3118)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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