The Lost Children of Craig y Nos
Last updated: 10 September 2007
Craig y Nos is best known as the home of opera singer Adelina Patti. But between 1920 and 1960 it was used as a TB sanatorium. No records remain of the hundreds of children who passed through Craig y Nos during this period. Ann Shaw, originally from Crickhowell, was a patient and has collected photographs for an exhibition. Take a look at a selection of the photos:
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Bill Newman,Sussex
In 1952 at the age of 6 I spent 10 months at Highland Moor Llandrindod Wells.This dreadful experience has left a most profound affect on my life.I remember the most extraordinary details in particular the monthly visits by my mother.Perhaps older children could cope but I was the second youngest there.Number 49!!Thank God these dreadful places have gone.I would be most interested and disturbed to read your work.
Wed May 13 08:58:22 2009
Sonia Betch Mathews, Swansea
I was a child aged 10 and stayed at craig-y-nos for 2 and half years in the 1950s i had TB on my lungs i remember a girl named joan who had stayed at the hospital the same time as me, i could only have visits once a months and all the girls on the wards would share sweets we were like family,
Tue Apr 14 09:48:45 2009
wayne hughes Swansea
My father was a patient at Graig y Nos in the 1930s he was later moved to Highland Moor in Llandrindod Wells for 18 months. His sister insists he never had TB but why else would he have spent well over 2 years in different locations around Wales?
Thu Oct 2 09:59:20 2008
Peter Mundy from Mountain Ash
Patient about 1958 3-4 years old
Fri Dec 7 09:50:04 2007
Ann Shaw from Scotland
I was a patient in Craig-y-nos from March 1950 -March 1954, most of the time on the girls balcony which was above the boys balcony and we used to drop messages to the boys on pieces of string.Now I am writing a book about the "Children of Craig-y-nos" and collecting stories from all those who were there as TB patients both as children and young adults. I am also wanting to make contact with ex staff members too. I can be contacted through the web-site: www.childrenofcraigynos.com This project is supported by The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of M! edicine, University Colllege London and I am working with their medical historian Dr Carole Reeves.
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Thu Sep 13 13:51:02 2007
Were you a patient at Craig y Nos? What were your experiences of the sanatorium? Do you recognise anyone in these pictures? Add your comments below:
