The Gymnasium, Pilkington Special Hospital, St Helen's, Merseyside

Photograph taken Sept 1918 © Historic England Archive Archive ref: bl24370_016

This was known as the room for 'remedial' gymnastics at the Pilkington Special Hospital. The Pilkington Special Hospital was conceived by James R Kerr along with Pilkington Brothers, glass manufacturers. It was established in 1916 for the treatment and rehabilitation of servicemen disabled during the First World War.

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Merseyside St Helens

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

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A young woman seated in a wheelchair at a desk in the living room of a sheltered accommodation flat at Whitby Court on the Holloway Estate in Islington. Whitby Court a purpose built development of low rise accessibly designed flats and houses for disabled people.

The Gymnasium, Pilkington Special Hospital, St Helen's, Merseyside

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