Hospital Radio Hastings goes live at Royal East Sussex Hospital in February 1976

Ju-ju Davies… It was live in 1975 because I was in there for a year and the dj used to come round the wards asking if anyone had any requests

Janet Oxbury… How I got to meet my Mick. I spent my breaks as a young nurse chatting to him over those years. Little did we know what a great life ❤️ we would have

 

 

RESH Royal East Sussex Hospital Cambridge Road Hastings.

photo supplied by Matt Thomas

Matt Thomas…. Size of that car park

Malcolm McDonald… I was a porter there, best job I ever had.

Teresa Mary Ann Mercer… Spent my whole childhood here was such a lovely clean hospital

Jacquie Hinves… I was a ward sister there

Jilly Jones… Great memories of working there xx

Graham Matthews… Had a few trips and stays there in my time.

Jonathan Rudd… Graham, me too

Fred Marsh… Worked its last night on ward 4. Walked around the hospital empty and eerie. It was a privilege to work there.

Julie Findlay-jones… Been there a few times, mostly with broken bones.

Paul Cullen… Had my tonsils out there

Pauline Sims… Remember the hospital – it looked very modern to us in the 1960s!!!

Richard Padgett… I was a Staff Nurse there in A&E in 1977.

Richard Padgett… I was a deputy charge nurse in 1979 in the Psychogeriatric unit when there was Dr Tom Venkat and a Scottish geriatrician and a social worker called Myrtle Bagnall. I recall Harry H Corbett of steptoe and son fame passed away there.

Matt Thomas… I thought Harry H Corbett died in St Helens?

Alan Esdaile… I remember being in the RESH for an operation, when I had the shop on the pier. Julie was running the shop for me and will the help of my mum and dad and Kevin, they were busy making hundreds of Radio Caroline badges!

John Wilde… I was a Nursing Auxilliary there and eventualy ended up as a pharmacy assistant, it was a great community hospital.

Angela Frances Gardner… I had my wisdom tooth taken out there. It was impacted so my jaw had the be dislocated to remove it.

Marilyn Spence… Been living in Australia for 61 years Had my hip bone wrenched in that hospital when I was 14 years old

Margaret Trowell.. I worked there for 12 years in 70s and 80s, admin, eye department, nursing office and as a medical secretary in geriatrics. Wonderful catering department with proper daily cooked fresh food for patients and staff. There was a manned coffee lounge to take your breaks. Free car parking too! We all knew each other and it was such a friendly place to work. I’m still in touch with some of the staff. I do wish a book had been written about it’s history as ex Administrator Don Valentine did for St Helens Hospital ( I was once his secretary too when he came to the RESH). Lots of wonderful old school nursing staff in their recognisable uniforms. Happy days! If anyone does remember those days I would love to provide my memories for a possible book if someone wants to write it!

 

 

Royal East Sussex Hospital Radio disc jockeys – 1975

featuring David West, Alan Elmsleigh, Nick Stevens and Robbie Davies 

Leigh Wieland-Boys… Do you know if Dave West changed his surname from Cox (?) to West & whether his parents ran a hotel in Hastings? He was a friend of my brothers if it is the right person.

Merv Kennard… When I gave up djing I donated part of my record collection to the hospital radio team.