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Aerial view of the Clinical Block in May 2019, before demolition
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Aerial view of Hawkshead in about 1978
success. The once impressive operating theatre ended its days as a post room and facilities store.
Sadly, the building was no longer fit for purpose – expensive to heat in the winter, hard to keep cool in the summer and, above all, a very poor use of space in the centre of a busy campus. And so, 60 years on, the past will make way for the future
as we demolish the heart of Hawkshead
Demolition begins 15th June 2019
and make room for a modern teaching facility, ready to serve the next generations of students and staff. (See page six for progress on the redevelopments.)
“Jimmy” Buxton died on the 25th May 1954. He never saw the purchase of the Hawkshead estate or the development that followed, but his legacy has benefitted all those who have passed through the College.
The Clinical Block in July 2019
David Noakes: memoirs of the
Main Clinical Block and Obstetrics Unit
The changing face of Hawkshead – a fond farewell to the Clinical Block and the Obstetrics Unit.
As someone who spent a very happy year at Hawkshead as a final year student in 1960, and 31 years as a member of academic staff from 1971 to 2002, I have fond memories of many of the old buildings that are now disappearing.
Those built in preparation for the College’s move from Streatley in 1958, and those a few years later, were not the most attractive externally. In developing the Campus at that time, there were very strict planning requirements because
it was in the outer London Green Belt area; thus single story buildings, with green felt roofs below the skyline, as viewed from Brookmans Park.
For me, it is less about the buildings and more about my memories o