Maternity home, Chesterfield 1946

[harlor]

Hi all
My brother was born in 1946 on Whittington Moor in Chesterfield and when i recently asked him where he was born he told me in a maternity home on Nelson Street where we lived but I can find no trace of it. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Watson]

I'm not sure if this helps, except speculatively, but in Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1941, I found this entry listed under Midwives:

"Slinn Mrs Ida May, 28 Stand Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield"

[harlor]

Many thanks for the info I will look into it but when i was a kid in the late 1950s my best mate lived at 28 Stand Road but he wasnt a Slinn.....what a coincidence     Thanks Harry

[Watson]

I'm not sure if Nelson Street is part of Whittington Moor.  Chesterfield, perhaps?

[harlor]

Yes Nelson Street is part of Whiitington Moor or it was when i was a kid in the 1950s unless its changed now as I now live in Greater London

[cath151]

Possibility?
Derbyshire Times 1945 under births "on Dec 8th at "Beechville " Nelson Street, Chesterfield."
1943 advert for a housekeeper at Beechville Nursing Home, 69 Nelson Street, Whittington Moor.
Cathy

[harlor]

Hi Cathy
Thanks very much for that piece of info which sounds very promising to me.Harry

[cath151]

I cant read the whole piece but it looks like " the family residence known as Beechville situated at the corner of Peveril Road and Nelson street, Chesterfield "was up for sale in 1943 so possibly a nursing/maternity home ( mentioned in both terms) after that.
I guess a birth certificate would confirm.
Cathy