I hadn't quite realised how often The Jane would feature in my story. The Jane Crookalll Maternity Unit opened in 1939, and then closed in 1992. Maternity services moved a little way along the road to Nobles Hospital. It moved again in 2003 when the new Nobles Hospital was build.
There was a statue of a stork on the roof of The Jane. The rumour was if you turned and saw the stork when you were leaving, you would be back within the year.
If a mother needed a C-section, she was moved to Nobles Hospital for the operation. In my mind this equated with loading the mother onto a trolley and pushing her along the road. Apparently, they used to use ambulances for patient transfers.
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