Genealogy Chat

hello can anyone please help me i have bean looking for any images of the work house in glanford brigg lincolnshire i know it was later use,s as glanford hospital till 1991 i cart find any photos of it can anyone please tell me wear to look all can i buy a book on it if anyone can help please can you let me know thank you for your help helen

I've searched for images and also the workhouse website: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/GlanfordBrigg/GlanfordBrigg.html no images online. Perhaps there are some photos in the relevant county records office. nell

hello helen thank you for your help i have bean to this site just my luck know photo,s thank you anyway for your help helen

Hi Helen Have you tried Scunthorpe history sites? It's very close. Give me a while to check out a book on Scunny I have. (Its where I grew up) xx Jen

Hi again Helen, (got your pm, thanks) If that workhouse was a hospital until 1991, what happened then? Even if it was knocked down there must be a way of finding a photo at least. And do you know the address? I will be going up there in the next few weeks. I will also ask my family what they know of the place. In my book 'An Industrial Island - A History of Scunthorpe' edited by ME Armstrong I have found a mention of the Brigg workhouse. If I don't get back to you in the next few days, send me another PM or add to this thread. I try to be organised but may forget, so gimme a nudge. xx Jen

Hi, Have been looking in a 'nostalgia' magazine and in it is a photo of Glanford Infirmary not a very good one though but I am more than happy to scan it for you. Helen Habergham

hello again thank you both so much jen it was a workhouse from 1830 ithick till 1940 then a hospital it was pull down in 1991 for a old pople,s home it was them that told me but thay have know photo,s if you can sent me any photos i would be so happy thank you again jen helen wont can i say but thank you will you please sent me a copy ihope i can help you both oneday helen

Not sure about pictures but there is some information here http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ Just put Lincolnshire in the search box then scroll down a bit to Glanford Brigg.

hi Helen, how's it going? I am going up to Scunny in the next 2 or 3 weeks. I will be trying to find pics or info on the workhouse, Brigg Park at top of high street and the cattle market. If there's anything else I can look for let me know on this thread or by pm. xx Jen

hello jen red & purple thank you so much for your help that is so good of you that is all i am looking for thank you helen

Hi Helen! Sorry, I can't find any pics, but I wanted to say hello.

why dont you ring 01522 552222 its the lincolnshire archives number it says on their site they have archives of Workhouses Hospitals etc you never know

hello geoff it,s bean a long time you help me so much with finding my dad family thank you again hello valerie thank you for your help i will try that number thank you helen

just to say a big thank you to helen for all her help she give me a address to write to over a photo i was looking for i was not hopeing for much but this week thay wrote back with photos and info and address of someone that work in the workhouse thay have more photos i am over the moon and all was free from the news paper so thank you again helen and eveyone that help me helen

Helen, that's great news! I just got back from Scunthorpe a couple of days ago. I didn't have time to go to Brigg but I went to Scunny museum which I found was unhelpfully closed on Mondays! Anyway, I was going to send you the Nostalgia magazine contact info but you've done it already! glad you're getting on well. xx Jen

hello jen red@ purple thank you for trying i have had some luck i also got sent a book call around brigg with lots of photos and info i will go up to brigg my slaf after xmas that way i can tack all the photos i need thank you to everone that help me helen