Float representing Rock Bank Hospital during the First World War as part of a Pageant on the History of Bollington. The Mothers’ Union was responsible for the float.
Places 2: Rock Bank House
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Concert at Rock bank Military Hospital
Rock Bank Military Hospital.”Performing for Wounded Soldiers 1916. Photograph by W Whitehurst, Kerridge
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Entertaining wounded soldiers at Rock Bank, Clarence Road.
The concert was called ‘Rule Brittania. The song was .Japanese umbrella’
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Rock Bank Auxiliary Military Hospital
C.J. King lent Rock Bank in 1914 to be used as an auxiliary military hospital until 1919 or the end of the War. Rosina Oliver nursed there for 3.5 years, ending up as Quartermaster.
Ian the nurse is standing on the left-hand side of the picture.
