Looking Back: Goodbye ECH, hello PCH

My two images from Peterborough down the years this week show the demolition of the popular Edith Cavell Hospital in 2011 which opened in 1988, writes street photographer Chris Porsz.

In the background is Peterborough City Hospital which opened in 2010 after all services transferred from Peterborough District Hospital.

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The 2011 ECH demolition under way

Thank you to PT readers, staff and patients for sending all their fond and nostalgic memories and please keep them coming. See over 400 more images of Peterborough hospitals in my NHS book ‘Just Be Kind' available from my website.

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