Harlow Wood Hospital & 'Barringers'

P Marples

History in a Tin

By Pauline Marples

An early collecting tin made to raise money for Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital. While the words on it may make you shudder, it does make us aware that this is how people with disabilities were referred to a number of years ago.

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The collecting tin is a double piece of local history as it was made by the Mansfield Firm of 'Barringers.' See the picture below