Long Whatton Maternity Hospital Reunion
Saturday and Sunday 26-27th September 2009
On Saturday and Sunday, 26-27th of September 2009, with the kind permission of Lord and Lady Crawshaw and in conjunction with the Long Whatton History Society and the Diseworth Heritage Centre, a reunion was held for all the babies, born at the Maternity Hospital Long Whatton, between September 1939 and March 1945. The event was open to the general public. This was the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Maternity Hospital on the 24th September 1939.
An exhibition was held at Whatton House and also at the nearby Diseworth Heritage Centre.
This was the 2nd reunion, the first was held by the late Lord Crawshaw on June 22nd 1997. On that occasion more than 250 “babies” and their relatives attended the reunion.
We have through our web pages on leicestershirevillages.com, received emails from around the world from people who were born at the Maternity Hospital and were keen to find out more about their birthplace.
If you were born at Whatton House, your birth certificate should read as follows;-
Now this can be misconstrued, a comma should be placed after Long Whatton, ie you were born at The Maternity Hospital, Long Whatton, which was part of Castle Donington Rural District. So you were not born in a Castle, but in a Stately Home
You can email us at :-lwhs@greasley.gotadsl.co.uk
Link to Long Whatton History Page & Register
Visiting Whatton House Gardens
Reunion Photographs
- Loading and Erecting the Marquee
- Reunion Photographs taken on Saturday 26th September 2009
- Reunion Photographs taken on Sunday 27th September 2009
- Presentation of certificates, Saturday 26th September 2009
- Presentation of Certificates on Sunday 27th September 2009
- Garden Views
- The Exhibition at Diseworth Heritage Centre
New!!!
Reunion, Facebook Multimedia Entry
- Facebook Reunion Multimedia
Facebook entry giving an account of the Reunion, with Audio recordings
