Who else was born at Fernbank Old London Road Hastings?

3rd March 1977

Ian Cramp… My kids were born at The Buchanan

Steve Cooke… Oh yes, I was. Photo explains a lot about me I feel. Very Hammer House!

Steve Mann… Me

Paul Crimin… Why does a book by Charles Dickens leap to mind when I look at the picture of this building?

John David Martin… And me

Terry Corder… No me, I was born in St. Helen’s Hospital, but I used to pass Fern Bank twice a day going to and from school.

Samantha Blake… I was in 1967 x

Andrew Blake… I was in 1969 and so was my other half in 1973

Alan Esdaile… apparently the nurse dropped the scissors with me, when the chord was being cut.

Pauline Richards… Am not admitting to the year!

Ann Graves… My daughter was born there in 1969

Chris Meachen… My birthplace in 1955… Dad was a bus conductor, & would get his driver to stop in old london road, then run up to give mum flowers or chocs..

Stephanie Blackledge… My sister Nicky Dann

Nicola Dobson… I was born there in 1952

Tony Davis… I was

Margaret Trowell… Husband was born there in 1945.

David Edwards… Yep!

Sam Rosewell… My brother was born there in 1972 and I remember being taken there to see him and my mum! I think my dad may also have been born there in 1949

Carol Arnold… Me

Stephen Kolimbarides… Yup in 1951.

Jacquie Hinves… Yes , I was nearly 60 years ago!

Trisha Ann… I was

Brigitte Lee… Me too

Andrew Freeman… Yes April 1954

Yvonne Cleland… My brother was born in Fernbank.

Alan Wood… Yep I see the light first there !!

Dennis Torrance… I was 1953

Christian Burton… I was in 1974

Peter Bridger… I was, 60 years ago almost.

Sandie Carlyon… I was born there.

Nigel Ford… Me. What’s there now? Was it demolished?

Roy Penfold… We’ve had a discussion about this building over in the Historical Hastings group and it would appear to have been demolished in the late 1970s/early 1980s. There is a modern house now on the site with the same name and the allotments off Rotherfield Avenue carry on the name of Fernbank.

Mick O’Dowd… 2 of my 3 children were born there. Always remember the ward floor sloping towards the window. Scary!

Mick O’Dowd…Sam,  Is your Dad called Dereck Sam Rosewell?

Sam Rosewell… Hi, yes Dad’s name was Derek but everyone knew him as Digger

Liane Carroll… Roger was born there 1955 xx

Eric Harmer… I can’t remember. It was a long time ago

Matt Thomas… I was November 1968

James Thompsett… Ï was born in Fern Bank hospital as well, 20th of may 1967, ma dad was an old towner, Jim Thompsett, and ma mum was from east London

Sandie Carlyon… This was where I appeared. Long time ago.

Valerie Tedeschi… I was born there August 1941

Madeline Reade… I Was

Julie Findlay-jones… My sister.

Ann Graves… I had my daughter in 1969

Mark Hardwick… My late wife Valerie 04-01-61

Pete Houghton… I remember it closing and being demolished

Chris Connell… I was born there in 1952, my brother Les in 1950 and my sister Anne in 1954.

Tony Court-holmes… o yes

Linda Day… I was born February 1952

Edward Adams… i was born in st helens hospital

Nicki Dann… Yep I’m pretty sure I was . It looks a dismal place

Stephanie Blackledge… Nicki, you were and it was! We thought it was the shop Mum bought you from! We weren’t allowed inside

Nicola Dobson… I was born there in 1952 as well December

Richard Stoodley… Kerry you was born there. X

Steve Bartholomew… Yep 1968

Graham Matthews… I was born there in June 1955.

John Beeching… January 1951.

Peter Bridger… Yes Sept 59

Ralph Town… My sister in law.

Colin Bell…Yup 1952.

Roland Clarke… Me too! Oops, I meant I was born there!

Suzanne Leadbeater… I was born there in July 1945 Susanne Thomas.

Steve Mann… Me

Angie Pilbeam… My brother

Yvonne Cleland… My brother was born there.

Peter Bridger… Me, 61 years ago yesterday.

Roger Carey… I was born there 15th September 1955, it was my Mother’s birth date as well 15th September 1920. Never quite knew where it was until more recent times including this article, thanks Alan!

Jacquie Hinves… I was almost 61 years ago. Old Dr Thomson delivered me! And my mum was born there 88 years ago.

Graham Matthews… 27th June 1955.

Sue Huggins… My late Uncle used to drive a horse and carriage taking expectant mums to Fernbank…I was born there too in 1962 (not via the horse/carriage though)

Willie Wicking… Me 1960

Ann Graves… My daughter was born there 1969 then it closed

Nick Bearkeeper Rowland… I was born there.

Andy Clarke… I was. As was my sister

Russell Field… me

Linda Day… Me

Stuart Moir… My eldest Son Heath was born there, I remember standing below the windows with my daughter Anita the day he was born waving goodbye to my then wife after a visit

Tad Taberer… Me 1959 looks very grim

Julie Findlay-jones… My sister.

Maureen Anderson… I was

Cherry Finch… Ha ha… I was born there September 1968. It looks well rough in the picture.. but my Mum swears blind it was like a holiday camp for expectant mothers. Yr 1st was born in the Buchannan. After that you were a seasoned baby machine so they’d send you to Fernbank Maternity Home. Lol. Mum said.. back then during the summer…you’d pop yr baby out and in hours you’d be sunbathing in the garden knitting booties. Lol. Sounds Fab! Lol

James Westlake… My eldest daughter was born there. Never forget it, she waited until the pub was shut.

Stuart Moir… My first Son Heath was born there, I remember standing in the drive with my first born daughter Anita waving goodbye after a visit when he was born

Jacquie Hinves… I was.1959

Roland Clarke… Me too! Can I say that?

Sam Rosewell… My little brother was born there – our GP sent mum down there for the event. I can remember seeing mum at the window with said brother, waving to me!

Matt Thomas… he was very forward if he was waving to you

Graham Matthews… was June 1955

Liane Carroll… Roger Carey was xx

Dawn Mann… All five of us I believe

Janet Scott… Me too. April 1948.

Lynn Graham… My brother was but I was born in The Standard Inn in Rye

Pat Lurcock… My first born, Danny, was born there in 1962. It looks grim on the outside but the nursing staff were lovely and so was the food. Dads were not allowed to stay for the birth in those days.

Julian Heep… i wasn’t born there but i own Fernbank, the house that’s in it’s place. The only surviving bits are some of it’s boundary walls. It still looks a bit grim on the outside but the owner’s lovely, lol.

Andy Clarke… My sister Debbie and me.

Carol Arnold… I was!

Stuart Moir… My first son was born there, remember it well

Ann Graves… My daughter was born there

Linda Day… I was born there 1952

Shelagh Coates… I was born there in October 1948

Jacquie Hinves… I was born there October 1959. Dr Thomson delivered me

Andrew Freeman… Jacquie, I was born there in 1954. In the 60’s my mother was Dr Thomson’s secretary at his surgery in Laton Rd.

Graham Matthews… I was born there in June 1955. Having moved to Lincolnshire a few years ago I recently met a fellow motorcyclist that lives here but is from Ninfield who was also born there 6 years earlier, small world.

Eric Harmer… Is there a gooseberry bush there ?

Alan Esdaile… Eric, If their was, I expect we trampled it down, when we took the short cut to Clive Vale School!

Merv Kennard… I think that a stork built a nest on the roof

Lyn Lindsay… I was born there 25th December 1965

Sally Duffy… my sister was born there in March 1941 and I was born there in January 1948 .I didn’t have a name so one of the nurses named me and then my dad added an extra name when he went and registered my birth

John Wilde… My beautiful daughter Katie Wilde.

Stuart Moir… My son Heath was born there

Marilyn Spence… My sister Valerie was born there In 1960. Only member of the family born in Hastings. Our little Sussex bumpkin we called her. The rest of us mum dad my sister and I had moved to Hastings from “Up North“a year before My sister Vivienne and I and I weren’t allowed to go inside. The only way we could see mum and our new little sister was to gaze above while mum stood at a window with Valerie in her arms

Patrick Barden… I was born there in 1961. Mum told me I was delivered by a nun (very ” Call The Midwife” ) My first school was Mount Pleasant.

Patricia Burgess… My youngest daughter as born here April 1973, we emigrated to Canada 6 months later, when visiting In 2002 went to see it , only to find it demolished. Such a lovely friendly environment not like the Buchanan where our oldest was born

Paul Sutcliffe… I’ve just come across my Birth Certificate whilst having a clear out. I was born there in July 65. Now live in Salford. Just googled Fernbank and this came up, nice and recent. Left Hastings in 81 to join the RN and never came back to live only ever to visit. Not sure why but my parents bought me up to hate my home town. OK not the best place in the 70’s but I’m extremely proud to come from there and always look forward to going back.

John Bridger… Born there 4 September 1947. Also born there on the same day Christopher Broadhurst. Both living in Hastings.

David Martin… I was born there 18th April 1955 along with Pete Butchers. Ted Blakeley was born I think 2 days later.

Sandra Cload… Linda Moon, your birthplace !

Kaz Hotston… Me 1974

Lorna Oak… My second son Nicholas 1967 and my daughter Tracey 1970.

Julie Marie… Lorna, I was born there as well in 1967.

Melanie Brock… My brother Robin Wells was born there in November 1948. The rest of us were born at home.

Debbie Elliot… I was born there 1963 and my brother 1966

Debbie Cornwall Payton… Where I first screamed at the world!

M Grey… I was in 1968. Just seen address as haven’t really thought about and typed in address and it came up as allotments then this page appeared xx

Peter Ellingworth… Myself in the decade after WW2. I believe my dad was also on a job nearby at the time.

Willie Wicking… Me

Tad Taberer… Me September 1959

Dean Corney… Me May 1966

Tina Howe… Me 1963

Deborah Tack Burgess… My brother James Tack 1963. I remember we were not allowed in and Mum held him up to the window so we could see him.

Kim Holland… Me June 59

Wanda Childs… I was xx

Sylvia O’Neill… My son Lee was born there in 1968

Hayley Delle Catt… ME

Sharon Benton… Me August 57

Elaine Benton… me Nov 55

Diane Bourner… My husband in the lift on august 63

Mandy Robinson… I was February 1964

Cherry Longley… And me, Nov 1955

Pauline Brown… My son nov71

Brenda Hollingsworth… Me Nov 56, my sister sept 64

Michael Hansford… My wife Janet Mary Hansford was born at Fernbank, Old London Road, U.D. Hastings on 18th June 1939! And has just enjoyed her 84th birthday.

Pauline Richards… Me. But not admitting to which year!

Trisha Ann… Me in October 1957

Alan Wood… My mother told me I was

Peter Ellingworth… And had tonsils out in the Buchanan 1957.

Stephen Gorman… I was born there on the 28th August 1959, we lived at 25 De Cham Road St Leonards. If I have a spare £350,000 sometime soon I’d like to move back there.

Stuart Moir… My son was born there.

David Martin… I was

Paul Phillips… I was born at home Chambers Road Hollington no4 i think

Jacqueline Hillier… Yes Me Too

Mace Sinden… Buchanan Hospital st Leonard’s

Peter Ellingworth… (in reply to Stephen David Gorman) My grandparents (mother’s side) lived nearby at 56 Southwater Rd. until 1953.

Trevor Mepham… Me 30 December 1959

Aaron Persaud… Yep, February 1968!

Anthony Barker… Me, Anthony Barker. Been looking for this place for years.  27th March 1973.

Jeff Evans… David Evans, my late father, was born there in 1935.

Nicola Dobson… I was born there

Dudley Mendenhall… I could be wrong but I do believe Suggs from madness was born there, can anyone confirm?

Paul Coleman… Just came across this Fernbank article (yes, I was born there) can’t believe how many people read & replied with a yes! Lots of names I recognise too. 1 – Julian Heep (wonder if he’s still got that Mynah bird?) Lol. Went there a few times to see if I could find the site. I was obviously looking in the wrong place!