It was great to hear news of the successful funding bid of HeadingleyLitFest into life at 2nd
Northern General Hospital, Becketts Park, Leeds.
The
hospital had only recently been built for the City of Leeds Training College
when shortly after hostilities broke out it was established as the 2nd
Northern General Hospital.
The first
batch of wounded soldiers to arrive in Bradford in October 1914 first came via
the 2nd Northern General Hospital and they continued to send
patients to various Bradford hospitals until the Bradford War Hospital was established
in December 1915. I will be sharing with them the information that I have
gathered on the work of the 2nd Northern General Hospital and hope
that they might also uncover more information about the hospital work in
Bradford during the course of their research.
The project
will come to a climax in time for the seventh annual LitFest in March 2014 with
the production of an illustrated publication and a dramatic performance based
on its contents.
Can you help?
They are looking for letters, diaries and
articles in newspapers, and trying to trace the descendants of people who were
there – the grandchildren perhaps. They intend to put out appeals in print and
online to find them, hoping that they have memories and photos to share.
If you can help, visit HeadingleyLitFest.blogspot.co.uk or contact headingleyhospital@gmail.com
