Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital
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The ruins of the Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital stand to the seaward side of Tide Mills
, east of Newhaven, Sussex
, in England.
", that founded the hospital as part of the Chailey Heritage
created by Dame Grace Kimmins
in 1903.
Tide Mills, East Sussex
Tide Mills is a derelict village in East Sussex, England. It lies about two kilometres south east of Newhaven and four kilometres north west of Seaford and is near both Bishopstone and East Blatchington.-The old village:...
, east of Newhaven, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, in England.
Objectives
The hospital was built in 1924, to provide aftercare and recovery for disabled boys who had undergone surgery. Plaques on the site speak of a charitable foundation, the "Guild of the Poor Brave ThingsGuild of the Poor Brave Things
The Guild of the Brave Poor Things was established in 1894 by Dame Grace Kimmins et al. to provide resources for disabled boys to enable them to make a productive place for themselves in society.-History:...
", that founded the hospital as part of the Chailey Heritage
Chailey Heritage
The Chailey Heritage was founded out of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things in 1903 by Dame Grace Kimmins.Today the heritage is renowned for orthopaedic care, and the Chailey Heritage School...
created by Dame Grace Kimmins
Grace Kimmins
Dame Grace Kimmins, DBE was described in Punch as ... in her quiet practical way is probably as good a friend as London ever had, a description for the driving force behind the Guild of Play and the Guild of the Poor Brave Things.Born Grace Mary Thyrza Hannam, she became a Wesleyan deaconess and...
in 1903.
The ruins
The ruins show very weathered concrete foundations onto which were fixed what appear to be wooden buildings. Plaques on the site show beds wheeled into the fresh air - "Nature's Antibiotic". Very close to, and on the landward side of the hospital, was the Lily Warren nurses' homeThe Marine Hospital history
The beach hospital was part of the Chailey Heritage Hospital and was an extension of the main hospital to try and build strength up in the boys by the spartan conditions and sea bathing, not just for post operative case or for "cripples", but it was also used for asthma cases.Associated organisations
- Matron Powell, Successor to Grace Kimmins realised that once the boys were 15 they were thrown out into the world. She started SearchlightSearchlight (workshops)Searchlight was founded in 1933 by Matron Powell, successor to Dame Grace Kimmins, as a set of workshops and home to teach useful skills and formed under the auspices of the Chailey Heritage...
a set of workshops and a home to teach useful skills.