Former Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Towerblocks Wiki



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Hi, I am researching the history of 2 towerblocks which stood in Norwich, Norfolk, England for a few decades. They were the Main Ward Block (1974-2003) and Maternity Block (1968-2003) of the now closed Norfolk & Norwich Hospital in Norwich, Norfolk, England. My favourite of the two buildings was the Main Ward Block, which I witnessed being gradually demolished in late 2003. For any Norwich residents past and present who worked, visited or walked past the hospital when it had the ward and maternity blocks then this is the wiki for you. I will mention the older parts of the hospital but this is dedicated to the 2 towerblocks mainly. I still miss them today. I am in the process of consulting archives to build up a detailed history, and am doing a detailed SketchUp model of the former hospital in February 1988, several years before closure and demolition of the 2 towerblocks. I have obtained copies of the original 1968-1969 architects plans of the Main Ward Block and am consulting 1973-2003 newspaper archives at The Forum in Norwich.

This wiki will contain copies of newspaper articles I obtained plus screengrabs of the hospital towerblocks taken from my SketchUp model. This will ensure that while the 2 towerblocks are long gone, this wiki will be an ultimate resource of these 2 towers which dominated the south Norwich city centre skyline for 30 years. This contains a year by year synopsis of the Main Ward Block and Maternity Block's lives which also chart any happenings with the MWB during those years and the progress of the plans to open a second District Hospital in the 1980s which would relieve the MWB and rest of the hospital of its overcrowding.

Also this wiki is also aimed at how hospital towerblocks in general have been built and their general layouts, anatomy of hospital towerblocks.

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