Fireworks

[Barcon]

I remember them being readily availble early sixties and easy enough to get hold of packets of bangers, the firework of choice. Booth Hall Hospital was kept inordinatley busy year on year and maybe with hindsight we should only be encouraging organized events these days.

"Shudders". I spent many weeks strapped to a bed in there as a toddler thanks to a tray full of hot tea and coffee.
I remember being strapped, face down staring at a fish tank for an eternity.
I agree 100% with your last sentence mate.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

"Shudders". I spent many weeks strapped to a bed in there as a toddler thanks to a tray full of hot tea and coffee.
I remember being strapped, face down staring at a fish tank for an eternity.
I agree 100% with your last sentence mate.

Pioneers in burn maneagement back in the day and so sad to see it's demise, also at the forefront of of new techniques in burns, skin cover and scar management. Hope you recovered quickly mate and can't imagine anything replicating the pain of a burn. Especially for a child.

 

[Barcon]

Pioneers in burn maneagement back in the day and so sad to see it's demise, also at the forefront of of new techniques in burns, skin cover and scar management. Hope you recovered quickly mate and can't imagine anything replicating the pain of a burn. Especially for a child.

I was young enough to not remember the pain and my back is as smooth as a babies bottom (apart from a few ugly scars).
Is Booth Hall still in operation?

 

[Two Gun Bob]

I was young enough to not remember the pain and my back is as smooth as a babies bottom (apart from a few ugly scars).
Is Booth Hall still in operation?

No mate it closed early 2000's. I think they use the Royal Manchester now?

An intersting article from the MEN on the history of Booth Hall

Stunning photos show the rise and fall of much-loved Booth Hall hospital

"Very fond memories of the place and the staff."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[Barcon]

No mate it closed early 2000's. I think they use the Royal Manchester now?

An intersting article from the MEN on the history of Booth Hall

Stunning photos show the rise and fall of much-loved Booth Hall hospital

"Very fond memories of the place and the staff."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Cheers mate. I'll give that a read.

 

[m7mcfc]

The fuckers have started letting them off early there like bombs the dogs going mad we’ve got a week to go yet

Been going off since early September near me. I am less than a mile from Strangeways though where they sell them.
Testing them out probably. Some sound like a bomb going off.

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

No mate it closed early 2000's. I think they use the Royal Manchester now?

An intersting article from the MEN on the history of Booth Hall

Stunning photos show the rise and fall of much-loved Booth Hall hospital

"Very fond memories of the place and the staff."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Had my tonsils removed at Booth Hall. George Heslop’s son was in the next bed and he had really fancy toys like stickle bricks!

 

[N1985]

No mate it closed early 2000's. I think they use the Royal Manchester now?

An intersting article from the MEN on the history of Booth Hall

Stunning photos show the rise and fall of much-loved Booth Hall hospital

"Very fond memories of the place and the staff."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Saved my life.

Burnt my leg in a motorbike accident at 14 and had to spend 10 weeks in there as I contracted septicaemia them MRSA.

The nurses bathed me 3 times a day, redressed my wounds 3 times a day, fed me the lot.

Has its fair share of horror stories and failures but if it wasn't for them I'd have died. Certainly have lost my leg as doctor at Salford Royal wanted to amputate the fucking entire thing and the doctor at Booth Hall told them absolutely not.

Quite randomly still have a pair of purple scrubs in the attic in the boxes of stuff from when I was a kid. Nurse gave them to me on the day I was leaving as I asked to wear them everyday I was there but they wouldn't let me.

Also quite randomly I was in there when one of Steve Howeys kids was and he signed my City mag for me. Top bloke. Tall as fuck!

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Had my tonsils removed at Booth Hall. George Heslop’s son was in the next bed and he had really fancy toys like stickle bricks!

I had a theory back in the day that they harvested kids tonsils and sold them on to the third world. All I had was a slight sore throat along with my my other 32 classmates. Not a single tonsil made it through into secondary education.

 

[bluetonium]

We've had them set off around us for a week or two now, nothing too bad as it's usually 9pm latest and there is an element of respect there, but on a school night after I've just got the little ones to bed I could nearly murder. Dog starts panicking, girls are awake and crying, chaos, and all so someone can watch their money literally burn up in front of their eyes in seconds.

Can't agree more, fireworks and the general public is more trouble than it's worth. Then we get the annual UK scrote Olympic event of attacking fire and ambulance crews on bonfire night after calling them out as a prank. That is something that beggars belief - attacking the very people that will put you out if you're on fire or stitch your finger back on when you don't let go in time.


Thing is, I actually love fireworks. But they have to be done properly, some serious investment and thought behind them, otherwise it's just a case of watching 'diamond fountain' disappointingly fizzle out whilst hoping the next one doesn't fail to light, topple over or make the pet crap itself.