Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate

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This was the same with Margate. In 1791, this big hospital was called Margate Infirmary for the relief of the poor whose diseases require sea bathing. Then I got a royal patronage and became the Royal Sea Baving Infirmary. If you go down to Margate these days, most of the houses have very randomly just a little porch on the first floor. The idea was you would push out your elderly relative onto the balcony of your house and you just leave them outside. and then you'd come and get them after hours and hours just to see how it affected there.

from No Such Thing As Dudley And The Dippers, 2025-02-20 at 00:41:03 · read transcript ⏱ 00:41:03