james_drew Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Does anyone know where pregnant women were evacuated to during world war II. My grandma was born in a large house near Retford in 1943. She thinks the house was owned by a family called Kaiser Ellison. My Grandma would love to know exactly where the house was as her birth certificate only says Retford. Thanks for any help, she'll be really pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I was born at Lodge Moor Hospital in 1941. I believe women about to give birth were moved there to be away from the potential danger from bombing raids. We lived much closer to any of the usual central hospitals, especially Jessops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extaxman Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 According to my 1954 Kelly's Kayser, Ellison & Co Ltd used to own a steel works on Carlisle St. Don't know if they are still there but doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazmyster Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Originally posted by james_drew Does anyone know where pregnant women were evacuated to during world war II. My grandma was born in a large house near Retford in 1943. She thinks the house was owned by a family called Kaiser Ellison. My Grandma would love to know exactly where the house was as her birth certificate only says Retford. Thanks for any help, she'll be really pleased. my mother was born in 1941 and her mother was evacuated when pregnant to retford. The name of the place where she was born is Eaton emergency maternity Hall, Eaton, Retford. Hope this may be of use to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Originally posted by shazmyster my mother was born in 1941 and her mother was evacuated when pregnant to retford. The name of the place where she was born is Eaton emergency maternity Hall, Eaton, Retford. Hope this may be of use to you. [/quote Yep thats where I was born 1941 September.Dad must have managed a couple of days leave around christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottam67 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Yes, a lot of pregnant women were sent out into the countryside away from the bombs. I think the place you might be thinking of is called Eaton Hall. Later it was a teachers' training college, then an 'international school' and is now a school for muslim children. You can find pictures of it in historic books about Retford which might jog memories... For example see p22 of Retford in Times Past by EL Ableson (ISBN: 0950193712) which you will have to look for in a library as I'm not sure it is still in print. This shows a view of Eaton Hall before it was turned into a teachers' training college. It is a Georgian and Regency building that was bought from the Kayser family of Sheffield by the county council. In this book it states that it was used as a maternity home during the Second World War. The old hall is still there, but the place is not in a very good state of repair these days. Look for Eaton on multimap and it is located on the corner as you turn into the village from the main road out of Retford. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Kiddick Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 This should be done again, with the unmarried Chavettes who use pregnancy to save money on sanitary products. I suggest evacuating them to a small island off the Hebrides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggywink Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Found this site via google whilst looking for any references to Eaton Hall where I was born in Sept. 1941. My mother passed away in 1993 and amongst the possessions I found a post card photo of Eaton Hall (with X marks the spot) showing the window of the room in which I was presumably delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linesman Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 my mother was born in 1941 and her mother was evacuated when pregnant to retford. The name of the place where she was born is Eaton emergency maternity Hall, Eaton, Retford. Hope this may be of use to you.My Brother was born there in 1942, although the threat seems to have diminished by 1943 when I was born at the 'City (Northern) General'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofe Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 my dad was sheffields first war baby "Terry Smith was born at the exact moment Neville Chamberlain revealed that Britain was going to war with Hitler's Germany. As the then Prime Minister called for "calmness and courage" in one of the country's most defining moments, little Terry brought some much needed joy to his mum just after 11am on september 3, 1939." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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