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The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
“
I spent 12 very happy years working as a Telephonist/Receptionist
at this wonderful hospital. The Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
dates back to 1856. My piece of work for the Tapestry represents
the old hospital as I remember as a child, with the balconies around
the front. I remember the large rocking horse and the sick children
out on the balcony during the summer. Not just children from
Liverpool benefitted from the skills of the doctors and nurses;
they came from all over the world to be treated at this place of
excellence.
It was a wonderful place to work; all the staff from the Domestics,
Porters, and Administration staff, Radiographers, Lab Technicians,
Doctors and Nurses, all part of the team. That made The Royal
Liverpool Children’s Hospital so special. I would like to dedicate
this piece of work to all the dedicated staff who worked at Myrtle
Street until its closure in 1989.”
“
I asked Gill and Elsie, who were running the project, if there was
a building or piece of Liverpool not represented on the Tapestry.
They suggested the Adelphi Hotel, and I agreed to stitch this
piece. I have since spent a night at the Adelphi. I was in awe of
the splendour of this magnificent building. A part of Liverpool’s
history I was happy to complete.”
The Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
(
Myrtle Street)
Designed and stitched by Kathy Green
The Adelphi Hotel
Designed and stitched by Kathy Green