Episode 32 - Nursing the nation: how Wrest Park became a First World War country house hospital
Podcast: The English Heritage PodcastPublished On: Thu Nov 07 2019
Description: Ahead of Armistice Day on 11 November, we talk to senior properties historian Dr Andrew Hann to find out how Wrest Park, the magnificent former seat of the De Grey family in Bedfordshire, was reinvented as a country house convalescent home and later a military hospital during the First World War. Discover the stories of the nurses who worked here, what the soldiers did to keep their spirits up and the disaster that forced it to close. For more information about Wrest Park and to plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/wrest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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